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Kyle Tucker or Danny Mendick

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Kyle Tucker

Kyle Tucker

RF • Houston Astros HOU
Danny Mendick

Danny Mendick

3B • Chicago White Sox CHW
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kyle Tucker
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500021.5000.75003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.172143.2500.345010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Danny Mendick
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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 Kyle Tucker
OWN
98%
-0.72 compared to last week
START
68%
-26.03 compared to last week
OWN/START Danny Mendick
OWN
 
1%
-0.33 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyle Tucker
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Danny Mendick
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kyle Tucker

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 7th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 5th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Julio Rodriguez
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Illness (Day-to-day). Look at his player news.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 394th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.275
  • Ranked 103rd in batting average with 0.271
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 87th with 0.349
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 36th with 0.518
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 34th with 0.868
  • Top 50 in steals and is currently ranked 41st with 31
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 52nd with 75
  • Top 35 in RBI and is currently ranked 33rd with 117
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 152nd in runs scored with 88
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 60th with 37
  • 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: -0.065, OBP: -0.036, HRs: -16, RBI: -38, Runs: -42, Wlks: -7, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Danny Mendick

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SS 2B . However, he plays SS most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 49th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Knee (Mid-2023?). Look at his player news.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 171st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.315
  • Ranked 188th in batting average with 0.257
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 305th with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 364th with 0.365
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 348th with 0.671
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 723rd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 512th in RBI with 15
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 479th in runs scored with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.06, OBP: +0.027, HRs: +1, RBI: -8, Runs: +5, Wlks: -12, Stls: +1,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kyle Tucker

No Injury Reported

Injury Danny Mendick

KNEE - Mid-2023?

Knee
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kyle Tucker
DateOpponentResult
Aug 09VS TEXPerez
Aug 10VS TEXOtto
Aug 11VS TEXRagans
Aug 12VS OAKOller
Aug 13VS OAK
Aug 14VS OAKIrvin
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2636178.3330.596216
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Danny Mendick
DateOpponentResult
Aug 09@KCSinger
Aug 09@KC
Aug 10@KCBubic
Aug 11@KCGreinke
Aug 12VS DETHill
Aug 13VS DETManning
Aug 14VS DETAlexander
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.235123.3160.47115
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyle Tucker
9.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Danny Mendick
4.43
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kyle Tucker
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 HOU 28 9 0 10 4 1 6 .141 .236 .203 29
2019 HOU 31 20 4 17 11 6 7 .253 .322 .481 72
2020 HOU 70 72 11 35 50 7 19 .281 .329 .500 219
2021 HOU 155 162 34 92 105 20 56 .291 .354 .554 657
2022 HOU 93 74 16 40 59 16 44 .229 .320 .421 344
ON PACE 136 108 23 58 86 23 64 .229 .320 .421 506
3-YEAR AVG 85 85 16 48 55 11 27 .285 .344 .532 316
Career 377 337 65 194 229 50 132 .264 .332 .487
Career Danny Mendick
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 CHW 16 12 2 6 4 0 1 .308 .325 .462 24
2020 CHW 33 26 3 11 6 0 6 .243 .281 .383 52
2021 CHW 71 36 2 14 20 0 18 .221 .303 .288 128
2022 CHW 29 25 3 19 12 1 6 .281 .330 .438 85
ON PACE 43 37 4 28 18 1 9 .281 .330 .438 127
3-YEAR AVG 40 25 2 10 10 0 8 .239 .298 .343 68
Career 149 99 10 50 42 1 31 .249 .305 .364
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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 vs PIT 9:40 PM EST Henry
Thompson
ATL @BOS 7:10 PM EST Morton
Hill
BAL vs TOR 7:05 PM EST Bradish
Manoah
CHC vs WAS 8:05 PM EST Stroman
Espino
CHW @KC 4:10 PM EST Lynn
Singer
CIN @NYM 7:10 PM EST Minor
Carrasco
CLE @DET 7:10 PM EST Bieber
Alexander
COL vs STL 8:40 PM EST Feltner
Mikolas
HOU vs TEX 8:10 PM EST Urquidy
Perez
LAA @OAK 9:40 PM EST Ohtani
Kaprielian
LAD vs MIN 10:10 PM EST Urias
Ryan
MIA @PHI 7:05 PM EST Garrett
Wheeler
MIL vs TB 8:10 PM EST Peralta
Yacabonis
NYY @SEA 10:10 PM EST Cole
Castillo
SD vs SF 9:40 PM EST Musgrove
Cobb
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