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J.D. Martinez or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
J.D. Martinez

J.D. Martinez

DHNew York Mets NYM
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Martinez over Melendez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News J.D. Martinez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Martinez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance J.D. Martinez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.059000.0590.05905
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.086142.1110.171010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START J.D. Martinez
OWN
52%
+5.64 compared to last week
START
14%
+12.8 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
57%
-2.27 compared to last week
START
47%
+2.39 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus J.D. Martinez
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown J.D. Martinez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 7th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.353 and is currently ranked 56th
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.285 and is currently ranked 67th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 104th with 0.348
  • Top 15 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 14th with 0.581
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.929
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 176th in RBI with 48
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 362nd in runs scored with 23
  • 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 increased by 2.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.272, OBP: -0.324, HRs: -34, RBI: -104, Runs: -62, Wlks: -36, Stls: -1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 52nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 48th.
  • 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 208th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.305
  • Ranked 227th in batting average with 0.248
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 197th with 0.324
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 129th with 0.453
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 150th with 0.777
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 375th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 226th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 220th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.032, OBP: -0.04, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury J.D. Martinez

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups J.D. Martinez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@SFKeaton WinnL 5-2
Apr 23@SFLogan WebbL 5-1
Apr 24@SFReed GarrettW 2-8
Apr 26VS STLMiles Mikolas
Apr 27VS STLSonny Gray
Apr 28VS STLLance Lynn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORCole RagansW 2-1
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating J.D. Martinez
16.28
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career J.D. Martinez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 HOU 51 56 6 27 34 0 13 N/A N/A N/A 113
2012 HOU 113 95 11 34 55 0 40 .241 .311 .375 229
2013 HOU 86 74 7 24 36 2 10 .250 .272 .378 145
2014 HOU 114 128 22 55 73 6 29 .316 .361 .560 338
2015 DET 158 168 35 93 102 3 53 .282 .344 .518 474
2016 DET 119 140 22 69 68 1 49 .308 .375 .536 369
2017 DET 119 131 45 85 104 4 53 .303 .376 .690 484
2018 BOS 150 188 43 111 130 5 69 .330 .402 .629 605
2019 BOS 145 173 35 97 103 2 72 .304 .382 .553 523
2020 BOS 55 45 7 22 27 1 22 .209 .286 .381 125
2021 BOS 161 171 31 95 107 0 59 .288 .355 .528 576
2022 BOS 134 137 11 70 54 0 50 .275 .343 .425 383
2023 LAD 125 119 34 62 104 1 36 .269 .321 .570 428
2024 NYM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 2
ON PACE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 13
3-YEAR AVG 140 142 25 76 88 0 48 .278 .341 .507 462
Career 1532 1625 309 844 997 25 555 .297 .362 .525
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 23 16 4 9 12 1 8 .203 .276 .418 68
ON PACE 143 99 24 56 74 6 49 .203 .276 .418 423
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 293 229 36 121 121 7 134 .222 .311 .392
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BAL vs OAK 04:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
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BOS vs CHC 04:10 EDT EST Josh Winckowski
CHW vs TB 07:10 EDT EST Jonathan Cannon
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CIN @TEX 04:05 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Michael Lorenzen
COL vs HOU 06:05 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
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DET vs KC 06:10 EDT EST Casey Mize
Brady Singer
LAA vs MIN 09:38 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Chris Paddack
LAD @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Tyler Glasnow
Yusei Kikuchi
MIA vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST Edward Cabrera
Mitchell Parker
MIL vs NYY 07:10 EDT EST Joe Ross
Carlos Rodon
NYM vs STL 04:05 EDT EST Adrian Houser
Sonny Gray
PHI @SD 08:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Dylan Cease
PIT @SF 09:05 EDT EST Martin Perez
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BOS @MIA 6:00 PM EST
CLE @ORL 1:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 8:30 PM EST
NO vs OKC 3:30 PM EST
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CAR @NYI 2:00 PM EST
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