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Kyle Higashioka or Willson Contreras

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Kyle Higashioka

Kyle Higashioka

CSan Diego Padres SD
Willson Contreras

Willson Contreras

CSt. Louis Cardinals STL
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Performance Kyle Higashioka
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200000.2000.20002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300001.3000.40004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Willson Contreras
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278123.4800.50016
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333146.4400.548112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kyle Higashioka
OWN
 
1%
+0.72 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Willson Contreras
OWN
88%
+9.11 compared to last week
START
69%
+7.36 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyle Higashioka
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Willson Contreras
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kyle Higashioka

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 58th.
  • The current leader among C's is Salvador Perez
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 219th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.302
  • Ranked 219th in batting average with 0.250
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 420th with 0.276
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 87th with 0.478
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 180th with 0.754
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 427th in RBI with 16
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 453rd in runs scored with 14
  • 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: -0.046, OBP: -0.083, HRs: -9, RBI: -33, Runs: -22, Wlks: -14, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown Willson Contreras

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: C DH . However, he plays C most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 7th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among C's is Salvador Perez
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 20 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.386 and is currently ranked 19th
  • Among the best in batting average with 0.325 and is currently ranked 6th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 4th with 0.430
  • Top 15 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 14th with 0.584
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 4th with 1.014
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 257th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 202nd in RBI with 43
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 258th in runs scored with 35
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.033, OBP: +0.066, HRs: -16, RBI: -58, Runs: -43, Wlks: -39, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Kyle Higashioka

No Injury Reported

Injury Willson Contreras

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kyle Higashioka
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@COLDylan CeaseW 1-3
Apr 23@COLJalen BeeksL 7-4
Apr 24@COLMatt WaldronW 2-5
Apr 25@COLDakota Hudson
Apr 26VS PHIAaron Nola
Apr 27VS PHIRanger Suarez
Apr 28VS PHITaijuan Walker
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333000.3330.33301
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Willson Contreras
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIKyle GibsonW 5-1
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286113.3750.52406
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyle Higashioka
6.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Willson Contreras
15.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kyle Higashioka
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 NYY 9 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .100 .000 1
2018 NYY 29 12 3 6 6 0 6 .167 .241 .319 33
2019 NYY 18 12 3 8 11 0 0 .214 .211 .464 32
2020 NYY 22 19 5 10 12 0 1 .275 .286 .507 51
2021 NYY 68 35 10 20 29 0 17 .183 .249 .393 151
2022 NYY 82 46 8 25 27 0 12 .212 .250 .355 170
2023 NYY 112 57 10 24 34 0 14 .236 .273 .413 210
2024 SD 8 4 1 2 1 0 0 .190 .190 .381 10
ON PACE 48 24 6 12 6 0 0 .190 .190 .381 60
3-YEAR AVG 87 46 9 23 30 0 14 .212 .258 .388 177
Career 348 185 40 97 120 0 52 .209 .251 .388
Career Willson Contreras
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 CHC 75 69 12 32 35 2 26 .276 .352 .484 185
2017 CHC 117 104 21 50 74 5 45 .276 .356 .499 318
2018 CHC 138 118 10 50 54 4 53 .249 .339 .390 290
2019 CHC 105 99 24 57 64 1 38 .275 .357 .536 303
2020 CHC 60 45 7 34 25 1 22 .234 .363 .396 131
2021 CHC 128 96 21 61 57 6 52 .238 .342 .443 356
2022 CHC 113 99 21 64 54 4 43 .242 .347 .462 369
2023 STL 128 111 19 54 66 6 51 .261 .356 .459 395
2024 STL 20 20 3 11 8 1 12 .294 .422 .529 71
ON PACE 129 129 19 71 51 6 77 .294 .422 .529 460
3-YEAR AVG 123 102 20 60 59 5 49 .247 .348 .455 373
Career 884 761 138 413 437 30 342 .257 .352 .460
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CHC vs HOU 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
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CHW @MIN 01:10 EDT EST Michael Soroka
Simeon Woods Richardson
CIN vs PHI 01:10 EDT EST Nick Martinez
Zack Wheeler
COL vs SD 03:10 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Randy Vasquez
KC vs TOR 02:10 EDT EST Cole Ragans
Jose Berrios
LAD @WAS 04:05 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
MacKenzie Gore
MIL @PIT 12:35 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Mitch Keller
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Nestor Cortes
Alex Wood
SEA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Luis Castillo
Andrew Heaney
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CLE @ORL 7:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 10:00 PM EST
NY @PHI 7:30 PM EST
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CAR @NYI 7:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 7:00 PM EST