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Josh Naylor or Merrill Kelly

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Josh Naylor

Josh Naylor

1BCleveland Guardians CLE
Merrill Kelly

Merrill Kelly

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Naylor over Kelly

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Naylor
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kelly over Naylor

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Merrill Kelly
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Performance Josh Naylor
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250282.2500.54206
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2833115.3270.522012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Merrill Kelly
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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
1.800-000521.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Naylor
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
95%
+0.26 compared to last week
OWN/START Merrill Kelly
OWN
96%
-3.61 compared to last week
START
26%
-53.05 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Merrill Kelly
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Naylor

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 8th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 1st.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 163rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.315
  • Top 10 in batting average with 0.318 and is currently ranked 10th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 28th with 0.377
  • Top 35 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 35th with 0.536
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 28th with 0.913
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 180th with 5
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 57th with 57
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 228th in runs scored with 34
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.004, OBP: +0.015, HRs: -11, RBI: -77, Runs: -39, Wlks: -25, Stls: -10,
Breakdown Merrill Kelly

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 56th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 36th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 40th with 1.14
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 31st with 3.00
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 8th with 46
  • Top 100 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 95th with 138
  • Top 25 in wins and is currently ranked 25th with 8
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 87th with 129.0
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -11, L: -8, WHIP: -0.248, ERA: -1.098, K's: -171, Walks: -65
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Naylor

No Injury Reported

Injury Merrill Kelly

SHOULDER - Since Apr 21, 2024

Kelly is dealing with a right shoulder strain and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to miss at least one month.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Naylor
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS BOSScott BarlowW 4-1
Apr 24VS BOSCooper CriswellL 0-8
Apr 25VS BOSChase Anderson
Apr 26@ATLChris Sale
Apr 27@ATLCharlie Morton
Apr 28@ATLBryce Elder
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.208011.2080.20806
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Merrill Kelly
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLTommy HenryW 1-14
Apr 24@STLKyle GibsonL 5-1
Apr 26@SEAGeorge Kirby
Apr 27@SEAEmerson Hancock
Apr 28@SEALogan Gilbert
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Naylor
18.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Merrill Kelly
16.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Naylor
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 SD 94 63 8 29 32 1 25 .249 .315 .403 158
2020 SD 42 29 2 16 9 1 5 .279 .318 .413 69
2021 CLE 70 59 7 28 21 1 14 .258 .306 .406 184
2022 CLE 128 114 21 47 77 5 33 .260 .316 .463 422
2023 CLE 128 140 17 52 97 10 33 .310 .356 .491 484
2024 CLE 23 26 6 13 20 0 8 .306 .371 .576 102
ON PACE 155 175 40 87 135 0 54 .306 .371 .576 688
3-YEAR AVG 109 104 15 42 65 5 27 .280 .330 .463 363
Career 485 431 61 185 256 18 118 .276 .329 .456
Career Merrill Kelly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 ARI 32 181.0 2962 158 57 0 13-14 4.48 1.33 7.9 377
2020 ARI 5 31.1 473 29 5 0 3-2 2.59 0.99 8.3 85
2021 ARI 27 158.0 2425 130 41 0 7-11 4.44 1.29 7.4 276
2022 ARI 32 195.0 2988 170 59 0 13-8 3.42 1.14 7.9 450
2023 ARI 34 199.1 3161 215 77 0 15-9 3.3 1.16 9.7 519
2024 ARI 4 24.2 361 21 6 0 2-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 72
ON PACE 24 151 2249 130 37 0 12-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 447
3-YEAR AVG 31 184 2858 172 59 0 12-9 3.65 1.18 8.4 415
Career 134 787.0 12370 723 245 0 0-0 3.77 1.21 8.3
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