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Richie Palacios or Matt Carpenter

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Richie Palacios

Richie Palacios

LFTampa Bay Rays TB
Matt Carpenter

Matt Carpenter

DHSt. Louis Cardinals STL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Palacios over Carpenter

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Richie Palacios
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Carpenter over Palacios

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Matt Carpenter
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Performance Richie Palacios
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333115.4670.66706
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.355128.4120.516012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Matt Carpenter
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Richie Palacios
OWN
 
3%
+1.37 compared to last week
START
 
2%
+1.45 compared to last week
OWN/START Matt Carpenter
OWN
 
0%
-0.83 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Richie Palacios
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Matt Carpenter
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Richie Palacios

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: RF LF . However, he plays RF most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among LF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 61st.
  • The current leader among LF's is Juan Soto
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 345th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.275
  • Ranked 105th in batting average with 0.273
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 98th with 0.348
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 56th with 0.504
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 60th with 0.852
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 276th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 381st in RBI with 19
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 376th in runs scored with 20
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.046, OBP: +0.125, HRs: -4, RBI: -13, Runs: +2, Wlks: +3, Stls: -1,
Breakdown Matt Carpenter

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Oblique (Since Apr 2, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 491st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.229
  • Ranked 477th in batting average with 0.188
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 81st with 0.355
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 467th with 0.292
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 356th with 0.647
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 586th in RBI with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 586th in runs scored with 5
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.124, OBP: -0.022, HRs: -5, RBI: -31, Runs: -17, Wlks: -41, Stls: -1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Richie Palacios

No Injury Reported

Injury Matt Carpenter

OBLIQUE - Since Apr 2, 2024

Carpenter is dealing with a right oblique strain and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in early May.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Richie Palacios
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS DETTarik SkubalL 1-7
Apr 23VS DETAlex FaedoL 2-4
Apr 24VS DETJack Flaherty
Apr 26@CHW
Apr 27@CHWJonathan Cannon
Apr 28@CHWErick Fedde
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Matt Carpenter
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIJordan Montgomery
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Richie Palacios
5.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Matt Carpenter
9.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Richie Palacios
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CLE 52 24 0 7 10 2 8 .226 .284 .283 91
2023 CLE 43 24 6 9 16 2 6 .258 .304 .516 115
2024 TB 19 14 2 11 3 1 9 .286 .407 .449 52
ON PACE 123 90 12 71 19 6 58 .286 .407 .449 336
3-YEAR AVG 48 24 3 8 13 2 7 .241 .294 .392 103
Career 114 62 8 27 29 5 23 .250 .318 .403
Career Matt Carpenter
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 STL 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 N/A N/A N/A 2
2012 STL 113 85 5 43 44 1 34 .291 .357 .452 224
2013 STL 157 199 11 126 78 3 72 .318 .388 .481 534
2014 STL 142 150 7 86 57 4 82 .279 .376 .381 389
2015 STL 154 156 28 101 84 4 81 .272 .365 .505 489
2016 STL 129 128 21 81 68 0 81 .271 .380 .505 415
2017 STL 145 120 23 91 69 2 109 .241 .384 .451 435
2018 STL 156 145 36 111 81 4 102 .257 .374 .523 518
2019 STL 137 96 15 60 49 6 66 .223 .332 .386 286
2020 STL 53 27 5 25 29 0 26 .180 .326 .320 100
2021 STL 129 35 3 18 21 1 34 .175 .311 .285 187
2022 NYY 53 40 15 28 37 0 19 .284 .386 .667 187
2023 SD 91 33 5 18 31 1 41 .176 .322 .319 176
2024 STL 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 6
ON PACE 33 20 0 6 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 40
3-YEAR AVG 91 36 8 21 30 1 31 .204 .334 .399 183
Career 1471 1218 174 789 648 26 751 .260 .366 .451
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