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Whit Merrifield or Oneil Cruz

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Oneil Cruz

Oneil Cruz

SSPittsburgh Pirates PIT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Whit Merrifield
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cruz over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000001.0000.00003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.071002.0670.07118
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Oneil Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143121.1820.28605
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.156131.1910.244111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
12%
-5.94 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-4.83 compared to last week
OWN/START Oneil Cruz
OWN
88%
-3.43 compared to last week
START
69%
-10.69 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Oneil Cruz
10th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Whit Merrifield

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 57th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 39th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Jose Altuve
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 390th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.266
  • Ranked 241st in batting average with 0.247
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 389th with 0.283
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 300th with 0.375
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 330th with 0.658
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 403rd with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 235th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 242nd in runs scored with 36
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.165, OBP: -0.157, HRs: -11, RBI: -67, Runs: -64, Wlks: -35, Stls: -25,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Oneil Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 10th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 28th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.357 and is currently ranked 53rd
  • Ranked 302nd in batting average with 0.234
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 430th with 0.272
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 323rd with 0.364
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 370th with 0.635
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 739th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 551st in RBI with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 534th in runs scored with 8
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.016, OBP: -0.103, HRs: +2, RBI: +2, Runs: +1, Wlks: -3, Stls: -2,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Injury Oneil Cruz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS COLSeranthony DominguezW 2-1
Apr 16VS COLRanger SuarezW 5-0
Apr 17VS COLCristopher SanchezW 7-6
Apr 19VS CHWGarrett Crochet
Apr 20VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 21VS CHWNick Nastrini
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Oneil Cruz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@NYMAdam OttavinoL 6-3
Apr 16@NYMReed GarrettL 3-1
Apr 17@NYMLuis SeverinoL 9-1
Apr 19VS BOSBrayan Bello
Apr 20VS BOSKutter Crawford
Apr 21VS BOS
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167000.2310.16703
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Whit Merrifield
10.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Oneil Cruz
16.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Whit Merrifield
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 KC 81 88 2 44 29 8 19 .283 .323 .392 194
2017 KC 145 169 19 80 78 34 29 .288 .324 .460 481
2018 KC 158 192 12 88 60 45 61 .304 .367 .438 519
2019 KC 160 204 16 105 73 20 45 .304 .350 .466 513
2020 KC 60 71 9 38 31 12 12 .286 .328 .444 199
2021 KC 161 179 10 95 73 39 40 .275 .316 .394 604
2022 KC 135 121 11 70 58 16 37 .250 .300 .378 435
2023 TOR 154 149 11 66 67 26 37 .272 .318 .381 484
2024 PHI 13 3 0 2 0 1 2 .107 .161 .107 19
ON PACE 110 25 0 17 0 8 17 .107 .161 .107 162
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1067 1176 90 588 469 201 282 .283 .329 .419
Career Oneil Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 PIT 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 .333 .333 .667 9
2022 PIT 76 68 17 40 53 9 23 .236 .294 .472 238
2023 PIT 21 8 1 7 4 3 7 .250 .375 .375 49
2024 PIT 19 18 3 8 6 1 4 .234 .272 .364 35
ON PACE 162 153 25 68 51 8 34 .234 .272 .364 298
3-YEAR AVG 33 26 6 16 20 4 10 .240 .304 .468 99
Career 118 97 22 57 66 13 34 .239 .298 .448
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