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MJ Melendez or Garrett Cooper

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
Garrett Cooper

Garrett Cooper

1B
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Cooper

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cooper over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Garrett Cooper
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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
Performance Garrett Cooper
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143020.2500.14304
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.208031.2690.20807
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
60%
-8.19 compared to last week
START
47%
-2.8 compared to last week
OWN/START Garrett Cooper
OWN
 
0%
-0.03 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.46 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
52nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Garrett Cooper
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 52nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 43rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 176th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.313
  • Ranked 210th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 177th with 0.330
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 119th with 0.462
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 131st with 0.791
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 344th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 213th 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: -0.016, OBP: -0.02, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Garrett Cooper

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 33rd.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.336 and is currently ranked 91st
  • Ranked 186th in batting average with 0.256
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 202nd with 0.324
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 199th with 0.417
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 200th with 0.741
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 277th in RBI with 31
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 350th in runs scored with 25
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.021, OBP: +0.039, HRs: -16, RBI: -55, Runs: -39, Wlks: -27, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury Garrett Cooper

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Garrett Cooper
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
13.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Garrett Cooper
10.87
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 21 16 4 9 12 1 8 .219 .296 .452 66
ON PACE 136 103 25 58 77 6 51 .219 .296 .452 427
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 291 229 36 121 121 7 134 .224 .313 .395
Career Garrett Cooper
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 NYY 13 14 0 3 6 0 1 .326 .333 .488 25
2018 MIA 14 7 0 2 2 0 4 .212 .316 .242 10
2019 MIA 107 107 15 52 50 0 33 .281 .344 .444 249
2020 MIA 39 37 7 22 23 0 14 .268 .344 .486 108
2021 MIA 72 57 9 29 32 1 30 .273 .373 .455 193
2022 MIA 113 101 9 35 49 0 38 .258 .335 .413 282
2023 MIA 132 105 17 42 61 0 31 .249 .302 .417 310
2024 CHC 13 10 1 3 6 0 4 .270 .341 .432 29
ON PACE 87 67 6 20 40 0 27 .270 .341 .432 195
3-YEAR AVG 106 88 12 35 47 0 33 .257 .330 .423 262
Career 503 438 58 188 229 1 155 .265 .334 .431
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