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MJ Melendez or Harrison Bader

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
Harrison Bader

Harrison Bader

CFNew York Mets NYM
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Bader

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bader over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0530.00005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.162254.2790.351111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Harrison Bader
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.353153.4210.58825
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.324158.3750.432310
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
65%
-10.44 compared to last week
START
50%
-18.83 compared to last week
OWN/START Harrison Bader
OWN
 
5%
+1.19 compared to last week
START
 
3%
-0.87 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Harrison Bader
91st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 51st among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 48th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 146th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.320
  • Ranked 193rd in batting average with 0.255
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 158th with 0.335
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 108th with 0.465
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 117th with 0.800
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 321st with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 258th in RBI with 33
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in runs scored with 39
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.011, OBP: +0.002, HRs: -13, RBI: -48, Runs: -58, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Harrison Bader

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 92nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 62nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 280th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.289
  • Ranked 315th in batting average with 0.232
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 393rd with 0.282
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 458th with 0.295
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 449th with 0.577
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 477th with 16
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 345th in RBI with 22
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 265th in runs scored with 33
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.056, OBP: +0.054, HRs: -6, RBI: -35, Runs: -36, Wlks: -15, Stls: -17,
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury Harrison Bader

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@CHWSeth LugoW 0-2
Apr 16@CHW
Apr 17@CHWErick FeddeL 2-1
Apr 17@CHWNick AndersonW 2-4
Apr 19VS BALDean Kremer
Apr 20VS BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 21VS BALCole Irvin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.188374.2570.53109
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Harrison Bader
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS PITAdam OttavinoW 6-3
Apr 16VS PITReed GarrettW 3-1
Apr 17VS PITLuis SeverinoW 9-1
Apr 19@LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
Apr 20@LADGavin Stone
Apr 21@LADJames Paxton
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222142.3640.66713
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
13.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Harrison Bader
11.78
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 17 13 3 7 8 1 8 .224 .318 .466 53
ON PACE 144 110 25 59 68 8 68 .224 .318 .466 451
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 287 226 35 119 117 7 134 .224 .314 .394
Career Harrison Bader
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 STL 32 20 3 10 10 2 5 .235 .283 .376 49
2018 STL 138 100 12 61 37 15 31 .264 .334 .422 257
2019 STL 134 73 12 56 40 14 47 .203 .313 .359 239
2020 STL 52 26 4 20 12 3 13 .228 .336 .430 77
2021 STL 104 98 16 45 50 9 28 .272 .335 .469 331
2022 STL 92 78 10 44 31 15 18 .255 .305 .402 273
2023 NYY 107 74 7 44 40 20 17 .232 .273 .348 300
2024 NYM 15 15 1 8 5 3 2 .288 .327 .365 42
ON PACE 135 135 9 72 45 27 18 .288 .327 .365 378
3-YEAR AVG 101 83 11 44 40 15 21 .254 .306 .409 301
Career 674 484 65 288 225 81 161 .245 .314 .401
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