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Rafael Ortega or Nico Hoerner

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Rafael Ortega

Rafael Ortega

LFChicago White Sox CHW
Nico Hoerner

Nico Hoerner

2BChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ortega over Hoerner

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Rafael Ortega
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hoerner over Ortega

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nico Hoerner
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Performance Rafael Ortega
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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
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nico Hoerner
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.429046.4290.67906
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.364068.3830.523011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Rafael Ortega
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Nico Hoerner
OWN
100%
+7.05 compared to last week
START
88%
+9.59 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Rafael Ortega
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nico Hoerner
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Rafael Ortega

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among LF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 219th.
  • The current leader among LF's is Adolis Garcia
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 245th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.296
  • Ranked 373rd in batting average with 0.219
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 147th with 0.338
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 490th with 0.272
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 413th with 0.610
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 539th with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 534th in RBI with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 427th in runs scored with 16
  • 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 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.219, OBP: -0.338, HRs: -1, RBI: -8, Runs: -16, Wlks: -20, Stls: -6,
Breakdown Nico Hoerner

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 10th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 153rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.318
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.281 and is currently ranked 79th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 60th with 0.363
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 309th with 0.372
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 206th with 0.735
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 218th with 24
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 269th in RBI with 32
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 38th with 68
  • 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: -0.008, OBP: +0.031, HRs: -9, RBI: -62, Runs: -82, Wlks: -39, Stls: -42,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Rafael Ortega

No Injury Reported

Injury Nico Hoerner

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Rafael Ortega
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@MINChris PaddackL 7-0
Apr 23@MINPablo Lopez
Apr 24@MINJoe Ryan
Apr 25@MINBailey Ober
Apr 26VS TBZach Eflin
Apr 27VS TBAaron Civale
Apr 28VS TBZack Littell
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nico Hoerner
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS HOUJ.P. France
Apr 24VS HOUSpencer Arrighetti
Apr 25VS HOUJustin Verlander
Apr 26@BOSKutter Crawford
Apr 27@BOSJosh Winckowski
Apr 28@BOSTanner Houck
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Rafael Ortega
2.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nico Hoerner
17.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Rafael Ortega
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2012 COL 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 4
2016 ANA 66 43 1 24 16 8 13 .232 .283 .292 112
2018 MIA 41 31 0 10 7 5 10 .233 .287 .271 62
2019 ATL 38 18 2 8 10 3 8 .198 .263 .297 48
2021 CHC 102 83 11 43 33 12 30 .293 .363 .473 298
2022 CHC 117 73 7 35 32 12 44 .238 .330 .358 291
2023 TEX 52 25 1 16 8 6 20 .219 .338 .272 106
2024 CHW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 2
ON PACE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 14
3-YEAR AVG 90 60 6 31 24 10 31 .257 .344 .391 232
Career 420 275 22 136 106 47 126 .246 .323 .353
Career Nico Hoerner
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 CHC 20 22 3 13 17 0 3 .282 .305 .436 62
2020 CHC 49 23 0 18 13 3 12 .207 .302 .243 63
2021 CHC 45 44 0 13 16 5 17 .301 .383 .370 130
2022 CHC 130 128 8 53 49 18 26 .282 .328 .403 421
2023 CHC 151 176 9 98 68 42 49 .284 .347 .384 605
2024 CHC 21 21 0 16 6 0 10 .276 .378 .382 71
ON PACE 154 154 0 117 44 0 73 .276 .378 .382 522
3-YEAR AVG 109 116 6 55 44 22 31 .285 .345 .390 385
Career 416 414 20 211 169 68 117 .279 .341 .381
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