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Connor Joe or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Connor Joe

Connor Joe

RFPittsburgh Pirates PIT
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Joe over Melendez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Connor Joe
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Joe

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Connor Joe
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333124.3850.66705
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.242144.3060.364111
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 Connor Joe
OWN
46%
-7.73 compared to last week
START
39%
+7.1 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
59%
-9.19 compared to last week
START
54%
+3.57 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Connor Joe
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Connor Joe

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B RF . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 57th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 31st.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 185th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.310
  • Ranked 117th in batting average with 0.268
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 60th with 0.362
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 161st with 0.437
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 113th with 0.799
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 391st with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 241st in RBI with 31
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 147th in runs scored with 44
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.039, OBP: +0.044, HRs: -9, RBI: -29, Runs: -48, Wlks: -40, Stls: -1,
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 197th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.308
  • Ranked 223rd 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 126th 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 365th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd 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,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Connor Joe

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Connor Joe
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MILJared JonesW 4-2
Apr 23VS MILBailey FalterW 2-1
Apr 24VS MILBryan HudsonL 2-3
Apr 25VS MILFreddy Peralta
Apr 26@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 27@SFJordan Hicks
Apr 28@SFKeaton Winn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286012.3750.28603
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
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Connor Joe
13.70
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Connor Joe
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 SF 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 .067 .125 .067 1
2021 COL 64 52 8 23 36 0 26 .291 .384 .480 194
2022 COL 113 96 7 56 28 6 55 .239 .341 .362 314
2023 PIT 139 102 11 63 42 3 50 .247 .339 .421 364
2024 PIT 21 20 2 15 13 2 10 .286 .383 .457 81
ON PACE 136 129 12 97 84 12 64 .286 .383 .457 524
3-YEAR AVG 105 83 9 47 35 3 44 .252 .348 .408 291
Career 345 271 28 158 119 11 142 .251 .347 .406
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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