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Salvador Perez or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Salvador Perez

Salvador Perez

CKansas City Royals KC
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Perez over Melendez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Salvador Perez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Perez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Salvador Perez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.429162.5200.66706
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3664135.4580.732012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.158142.1580.31605
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.098143.1400.195011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Salvador Perez
OWN
99%
+1.16 compared to last week
START
92%
+20.89 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
58%
-10.11 compared to last week
START
53%
+3.01 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Salvador Perez
10th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Salvador Perez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: C 1B . However, he plays C most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 11th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 1st.
  • The current leader among C's is Salvador Perez
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 145th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.320
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 67th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 182nd with 0.328
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 149th with 0.445
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 152nd with 0.773
  • Top 35 in RBI and is currently ranked 35th with 63
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 261st in runs scored with 34
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 94th with 14
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.092, OBP: +0.115, HRs: -17, RBI: -57, Runs: -48, Wlks: -11, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 51st among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 46th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 195th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.308
  • Ranked 224th in batting average with 0.249
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 189th with 0.326
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 127th with 0.456
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 138th with 0.782
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 352nd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 215th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 218th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.027, OBP: -0.034, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Salvador Perez

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Salvador Perez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.455010.5000.63603
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Salvador Perez
18.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Salvador Perez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 KC 37 46 2 19 19 0 6 N/A N/A N/A 88
2012 KC 75 83 11 37 38 0 12 .292 .320 .465 206
2013 KC 138 144 13 48 79 0 21 .290 .321 .431 331
2014 KC 136 136 15 48 65 1 20 .258 .288 .397 305
2015 KC 141 137 21 52 70 1 13 .259 .280 .426 322
2016 KC 139 125 22 57 64 0 22 .243 .284 .432 306
2017 KC 129 126 27 57 80 1 17 .268 .297 .495 342
2018 KC 129 119 27 52 80 0 17 .233 .271 .437 318
2020 KC 37 50 11 22 32 1 3 .333 .353 .633 136
2021 KC 160 168 48 87 120 1 27 .276 .319 .553 565
2022 KC 110 97 20 43 68 0 18 .234 .276 .434 311
2023 KC 142 137 23 59 80 0 19 .256 .293 .424 392
2024 KC 24 31 6 11 23 0 8 .348 .408 .596 106
ON PACE 155 200 38 71 149 0 51 .348 .408 .596 686
3-YEAR AVG 137 134 30 63 89 0 21 .258 .299 .477 423
Career 1397 1399 246 592 818 5 203 .273 .307 .458
Career MJ Melendez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 119 88 16 47 53 0 64 .211 .312 .380 321
2023 KC 151 125 16 65 56 6 62 .235 .316 .398 388
2024 KC 22 16 4 9 12 1 8 .208 .282 .429 67
ON PACE 142 103 25 58 77 6 51 .208 .282 .429 434
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 292 229 36 121 121 7 134 .223 .312 .393
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