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Austin Hays or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Austin Hays

Austin Hays

LFBaltimore Orioles BAL
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hays over Melendez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Austin Hays
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Hays

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Austin Hays
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.077000.0770.07706
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.043010.0430.043012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0530.00005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.162254.2790.351111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Austin Hays
OWN
 
9%
-3.09 compared to last week
START
 
3%
-2.88 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
65%
-10.85 compared to last week
START
48%
-20.89 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Austin Hays
82nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Austin Hays

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 83rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 130th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is in a heck of a slump. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 383rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.267
  • Ranked 407th in batting average with 0.212
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 416th with 0.276
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 368th with 0.345
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 401st with 0.621
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 623rd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 249th in RBI with 35
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 230th in runs scored with 37
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.2, OBP: -0.189, HRs: -16, RBI: -65, Runs: -75, Wlks: -37, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 51st 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 146th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.320
  • Ranked 193rd in batting average with 0.255
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 158th with 0.335
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 108th with 0.465
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 117th with 0.800
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 321st with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 258th in RBI with 33
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in runs scored with 39
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.011, OBP: +0.002, HRs: -13, RBI: -48, Runs: -58, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Austin Hays

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Austin Hays
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS MINDillon TateW 7-4
Apr 16VS MINGrayson RodriguezW 11-3
Apr 17VS MINCraig KimbrelW 4-2
Apr 19@KCAlec Marsh
Apr 20@KCCole Ragans
Apr 21@KCSeth Lugo
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0710.00005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@CHWSeth LugoW 0-2
Apr 16@CHW
Apr 17@CHWErick FeddeL 2-1
Apr 17@CHWNick AndersonW 2-4
Apr 19VS BALDean Kremer
Apr 20VS BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 21VS BALCole Irvin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.188374.2570.53109
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Austin Hays
13.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Austin Hays
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 BAL 20 13 1 4 8 0 2 .217 .238 .317 25
2019 BAL 21 21 4 12 13 2 7 .309 .373 .574 69
2020 BAL 32 32 4 19 8 2 8 .269 .321 .387 74
2021 BAL 129 122 21 72 69 4 29 .254 .305 .456 419
2022 BAL 138 128 16 64 57 2 31 .251 .306 .418 399
2023 BAL 148 145 16 77 67 5 40 .273 .325 .441 432
2024 BAL 17 3 0 2 2 0 3 .073 .136 .073 16
ON PACE 153 27 0 18 18 0 27 .073 .136 .073 144
3-YEAR AVG 138 132 18 71 64 4 33 .260 .312 .438 417
Career 505 464 62 250 224 15 120 .257 .309 .428
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 17 13 3 7 8 1 8 .224 .318 .466 53
ON PACE 144 110 25 59 68 8 68 .224 .318 .466 451
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 287 226 35 119 117 7 134 .224 .314 .394
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