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Brian Serven or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Brian Serven

Brian Serven

CToronto Blue Jays TOR
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Serven over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Brian Serven
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Serven

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Brian Serven
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00003
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143142.1430.28606
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.077142.1000.154011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brian Serven
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
58%
-1.72 compared to last week
START
54%
+9.1 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brian Serven
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brian Serven

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 140th.
  • The current leader among RF's is Juan Soto
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 339th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.275
  • Ranked 421st in batting average with 0.209
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 431st with 0.272
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 441st with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 451st with 0.578
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 587th with 5
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 448th in RBI with 14
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 313th in runs scored with 29
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.031, OBP: -0.008, HRs: -9, RBI: -34, Runs: -57, Wlks: -40, Stls: -16,
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 Brian Serven

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brian Serven
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@KCYusei KikuchiW 3-5
Apr 23@KCChris StrattonL 3-2
Apr 24@KCJohn SchreiberL 3-2
Apr 25@KCCole RagansL 2-1
Apr 26VS LADGavin Stone
Apr 27VS LADTyler Glasnow
Apr 28VS LADJames Paxton
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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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 TORCole RagansW 2-1
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brian Serven
4.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Brian Serven
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 COL 59 38 6 19 15 0 12 .212 .267 .346 126
2023 COL 29 3 0 0 1 0 0 .130 .130 .174 24
2024 TOR 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 8
ON PACE 62 0 0 6 0 0 6 .000 .200 .000 49
3-YEAR AVG 44 21 3 10 8 0 6 .203 .252 .327 75
Career 98 41 6 20 16 0 13 .195 .250 .314
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 137 99 24 56 74 6 49 .208 .282 .429 417
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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