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Edwin Rios or Nelson Cruz

Who Should I Start? - Week 19 • Start New
Edwin Rios

Edwin Rios

1B • Los Angeles Dodgers LAD
Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz

DH • Washington Nationals WAS
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Edwin Rios
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Performance Nelson Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333152.3530.60004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.391154.4440.56508
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Edwin Rios
OWN
 
2%
+0.44 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Nelson Cruz
OWN
46%
-9.56 compared to last week
START
35%
+4.41 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Edwin Rios
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nelson Cruz
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Edwin Rios

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 45th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Freddie Freeman

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.342 and is currently ranked 71st
  • Ranked 227th in batting average with 0.250
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 504th with 0.270
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 85th with 0.472
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 202nd with 0.742
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 531st in RBI with 13
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 588th in runs scored with 10
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.172, OBP: +0.053, HRs: +4, RBI: +12, Runs: +6, Wlks: -5, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown Nelson Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Yordan Alvarez
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 464th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.265
  • Ranked 376th in batting average with 0.229
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 311th with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 319th with 0.380
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 321st with 0.686
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 470th with 6
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 93rd with 91
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 178th in runs scored with 84
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.03, OBP: -0.014, HRs: -23, RBI: -32, Runs: -35, Wlks: -11, Stls: +1,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Edwin Rios

No Injury Reported

Injury Nelson Cruz

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Edwin Rios
DateOpponentResult
Aug 15@MILPeralta 4-3W 4-0
Aug 16@MILSuter 4-3L 5-4
Aug 17@MILLauer
Aug 18@MILBurnes
Aug 19VS MIALuzardo
Aug 20VS MIAGarrett
Aug 21VS MIAAlcantara
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nelson Cruz
DateOpponentResult
Aug 15VS CHCHughes 1-1W 5-4
Aug 16VS CHCHughes 2-1L 7-5
Aug 17VS CHCSmyly
Aug 18@SDDarvish
Aug 19@SDSnell
Aug 20@SDMusgrove
Aug 21@SDManaea
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400153.4090.60006
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Edwin Rios
4.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nelson Cruz
6.61
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Edwin Rios
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 LAD 28 13 4 10 8 0 9 .277 .393 .617 46
2020 LAD 39 21 10 15 20 0 7 .233 .297 .633 86
2021 LAD 25 4 1 4 1 0 7 .078 .217 .137 26
2022 LAD 23 18 5 10 13 0 2 .250 .270 .472 53
ON PACE 32 25 7 14 18 0 2 .250 .270 .472 74
3-YEAR AVG 31 13 5 10 10 0 8 .202 .300 .495 53
Career 115 56 20 39 42 0 25 .215 .292 .488
Career Nelson Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2008 31 38 7 19 26 3 17 N/A N/A N/A 138
2009 TEX 129 120 33 76 76 20 51 N/A N/A N/A 392
2010 TEX 108 127 22 60 78 16 38 N/A N/A N/A 354
2011 TEX 126 125 29 64 86 9 32 N/A N/A N/A 324
2012 TEX 159 152 23 86 90 8 48 .260 .319 .455 436
2013 TEX 108 110 27 49 77 5 35 .269 .327 .511 326
2014 BAL 153 160 38 85 101 4 54 .273 .337 .524 488
2015 SEA 152 178 44 90 93 3 60 .302 .369 .566 501
2016 SEA 155 169 43 96 105 2 62 .287 .360 .555 515
2017 SEA 155 160 39 91 119 1 70 .288 .375 .549 517
2018 SEA 144 133 37 70 97 1 55 .256 .342 .509 427
2019 MIN 123 143 42 83 109 0 60 .308 .393 .636 480
2020 MIN 55 57 16 33 35 0 27 .300 .398 .595 179
2021 MIN 148 136 32 78 84 3 51 .262 .331 .491 495
2022 WAS 100 79 9 43 52 4 40 .234 .319 .353 281
ON PACE 137 108 12 59 71 5 54 .234 .319 .353 385
3-YEAR AVG 109 112 30 65 76 1 46 .286 .367 .565 385
Career 1846 1887 441 1023 1228 79 700 .353 .432 .523
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ARI vs KC
ATL vs NO
BAL @NYJ
BUF @LAR
CAR vs CLE
CHI vs SF
CIN vs PIT
DAL vs TB
DEN @SEA
DET vs PHI
GB @MIN
HOU vs IND
JAC @WAS
LAC vs LV
MIA vs NE
NYG @TEN
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SF 3:45 PM EST Gallen
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ATL vs NYM 7:20 PM EST
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BAL vs CHC 3:05 PM EST Watkins
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BOS @PIT 7:05 PM EST Eovaldi
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CHW vs HOU 2:10 PM EST Giolito
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COL @STL 1:15 PM EST Senzatela
Wainwright
KC @TB 7:10 PM EST Keller
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LAD @MIL 2:10 PM EST Heaney
Burnes
NYY vs TOR 7:05 PM EST Montas
Berrios
OAK @TEX 2:05 PM EST Logue
Dunning
SD vs WAS 9:40 PM EST Darvish
Sanchez
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