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Lane Thomas or Jake Burger

Who Should I Start? - Week 19 • Start New
Lane Thomas

Lane Thomas

CF • Washington Nationals WAS
Jake Burger

Jake Burger

3B • Chicago White Sox CHW
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Lane Thomas
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.105112.1050.31605
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.229124.2820.371110
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jake Burger
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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
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lane Thomas
OWN
 
4%
-1.2 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-0.6 compared to last week
OWN/START Jake Burger
OWN
 
4%
+0.9 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lane Thomas
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jake Burger
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lane Thomas

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF CF RF . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among CF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 57th.
  • The current leader among CF's is Julio Rodriguez

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 300th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.290
  • Ranked 308th in batting average with 0.239
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 290th with 0.309
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 247th with 0.408
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 254th with 0.717
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 374th with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 270th in RBI with 54
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 243rd in runs scored with 65
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.005, OBP: -0.062, HRs: +3, RBI: +7, Runs: +1, Wlks: -16, Stls: -3,
Breakdown Jake Burger

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 3B DH . However, he plays 3B most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 39th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.348 and is currently ranked 54th
  • Ranked 219th in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 279th with 0.311
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 104th with 0.460
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 142nd with 0.771
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 419th in RBI with 28
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 468th in runs scored with 23
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.008, OBP: -0.023, HRs: +6, RBI: +22, Runs: +14, Wlks: +6, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Lane Thomas

No Injury Reported

Injury Jake Burger

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lane Thomas
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
.160112.2220.32007
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jake Burger
DateOpponentResult
Aug 15VS HOUMontero 4-2W 4-2
Aug 16VS HOUNeris 4-4W 4-3
Aug 17VS HOUValdez
Aug 18VS HOUGarcia
Aug 19@CLEMcKenzie
Aug 20@CLEBieber
Aug 21@CLECivale
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.105011.1500.10506
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Lane Thomas
5.05
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jake Burger
5.41
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Lane Thomas
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 STL 34 12 4 6 12 1 4 .316 .409 .684 46
2020 STL 18 5 1 5 2 0 3 .135 .200 .297 14
2021 STL 74 49 6 33 24 6 36 .230 .340 .404 203
2022 WAS 94 66 9 34 31 3 20 .225 .278 .369 216
ON PACE 129 90 12 46 42 4 27 .225 .278 .369 296
3-YEAR AVG 42 22 4 15 13 2 14 .229 .332 .427 88
Career 220 132 20 78 69 10 63 .227 .306 .398
Career Jake Burger
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 CHW 15 10 1 5 3 0 4 .263 .333 .474 30
2022 CHW 47 39 7 19 25 0 10 .255 .310 .464 118
ON PACE 65 54 9 26 34 0 13 .255 .310 .464 163
3-YEAR AVG 15 10 1 5 3 0 4 .263 .333 .474 30
Career 62 49 8 24 28 0 14 .257 .314 .466
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Matchups

Week 1
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
deGrom
BAL vs CHC 3:05 PM EST Watkins
Sampson
BOS @PIT 7:05 PM EST Eovaldi
Brubaker
CHW vs HOU 2:10 PM EST Giolito
Garcia
COL @STL 1:15 PM EST Senzatela
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KC @TB 7:10 PM EST Keller
McClanahan
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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