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MJ Melendez or James Kaprielian

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

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
James Kaprielian

James Kaprielian

SP
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Kaprielian

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kaprielian over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News James Kaprielian
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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 James Kaprielian
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
59%
-9.43 compared to last week
START
54%
+4.01 compared to last week
OWN/START James Kaprielian
OWN
 
0%
-0.44 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Kaprielian
Not Ranked
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 46th.
  • 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 197th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.308
  • Ranked 223rd in batting average with 0.249
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 189th with 0.326
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 126th with 0.456
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 138th with 0.782
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 365th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.027, OBP: -0.034, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown James Kaprielian

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury James Kaprielian

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 James Kaprielian
DateOpponentResult
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
13.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Kaprielian
6.08
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 22 16 4 9 12 1 8 .208 .282 .429 67
ON PACE 142 103 25 58 77 6 51 .208 .282 .429 434
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 292 229 36 121 121 7 134 .223 .312 .393
Career James Kaprielian
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2020 1 2.0 35 1 1 0 0-0 4.5 1 4.5 3
2021 OAK 24 120.1 2024 123 41 0 8-5 4.04 1.21 9.2 274
2022 OAK 24 122.2 2033 91 54 0 5-8 4.33 1.33 6.7 198
2023 OAK 14 61.0 1088 57 31 0 2-6 6.34 1.59 8.4 76
ON PACE 90 396 7050 369 200 0 12-38 6.34 1.59 8.4 495
3-YEAR AVG 21 100 1715 90 42 0 5-6 4.65 1.34 8.1 183
Career 63 303.2 5180 272 127 0 0-0 4.65 1.34 8.1
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