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Santiago Espinal or Austin Riley

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Santiago Espinal

Santiago Espinal

2BCincinnati Reds CIN
Austin Riley

Austin Riley

3BAtlanta Braves ATL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Espinal over Riley

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Santiago Espinal
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Riley over Espinal

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Austin Riley
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Performance Santiago Espinal
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.318152.3600.50017
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.265183.3250.382211
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Austin Riley
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.095011.2400.09506
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.208035.2960.333012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Santiago Espinal
OWN
 
0%
-0.46 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.21 compared to last week
OWN/START Austin Riley
OWN
100%
+0.64 compared to last week
START
86%
-13.22 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Santiago Espinal
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Austin Riley
2nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Santiago Espinal

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 2B 3B . However, he plays 2B most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 22nd.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 245th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.296
  • Ranked 145th in batting average with 0.262
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 295th with 0.305
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 350th with 0.351
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 337th with 0.656
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 477th with 5
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 341st in RBI with 24
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 416th in runs scored with 17
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.05, OBP: -0.042, HRs: -1, RBI: -15, Runs: -26, Wlks: -12, Stls: +3,
Breakdown Austin Riley

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 12th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Alec Bohm
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.335 and is currently ranked 92nd
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 70th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 111th with 0.347
  • Top 35 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 29th with 0.545
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 39th with 0.892
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 398th with 1
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 77th with 70
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 53rd with 77
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.039, OBP: -0.03, HRs: -36, RBI: -86, Runs: -103, Wlks: -51, Stls: -3,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Santiago Espinal

No Injury Reported

Injury Austin Riley

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Santiago Espinal
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHIFernando CruzW 8-1
Apr 24VS PHIJustin WilsonW 7-4
Apr 25VS PHIZack WheelerL 0-5
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.353152.3680.52916
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Austin Riley
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MIABryce ElderW 3-0
Apr 23VS MIAMax FriedW 5-0
Apr 24VS MIAA.J. MinterW 4-3
Apr 26VS CLELogan Allen
Apr 27VS CLETanner Bibee
Apr 28VS CLEBen Lively
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.174013.2690.30406
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Santiago Espinal
9.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Austin Riley
23.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Santiago Espinal
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 TOR 26 15 0 9 5 1 3 .259 .290 .328 30
2021 TOR 92 69 2 32 16 6 22 .318 .382 .415 235
2022 TOR 132 117 7 50 50 5 35 .265 .318 .372 373
2023 TOR 112 59 2 30 25 2 18 .254 .313 .341 232
2024 CIN 19 11 1 4 10 5 6 .212 .274 .288 54
ON PACE 123 71 6 25 64 32 38 .212 .274 .288 349
3-YEAR AVG 112 82 4 37 30 4 25 .275 .332 .374 280
Career 381 271 12 125 106 19 84 .271 .327 .367
Career Austin Riley
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 ATL 80 62 18 41 49 0 16 .226 .279 .471 181
2020 ATL 63 53 9 28 31 0 19 .227 .290 .382 134
2021 ATL 178 196 35 96 115 0 55 .302 .363 .527 594
2022 ATL 154 159 36 87 91 2 54 .266 .341 .518 535
2023 ATL 163 185 39 119 100 3 59 .283 .346 .522 610
2024 ATL 23 23 2 15 13 0 8 .242 .314 .411 71
ON PACE 162 162 14 105 91 0 56 .242 .314 .411 500
3-YEAR AVG 165 180 37 101 102 2 56 .284 .350 .522 580
Career 661 678 139 386 399 5 211 .271 .336 .499
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