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Nico Hoerner or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Nico Hoerner

Nico Hoerner

2BChicago Cubs CHC
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hoerner over Melendez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nico Hoerner
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Hoerner

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Nico Hoerner
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.345133.4060.58637
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.288135.3230.424314
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222001.2220.38916
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.114001.1390.200112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nico Hoerner
OWN
100%
+3.4 compared to last week
START
97%
+8.09 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
35%
-11.25 compared to last week
START
24%
-5.12 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nico Hoerner
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nico Hoerner

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 5th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Jose Altuve
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 183rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.310
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.279 and is currently ranked 87th
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 83rd with 0.354
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 310th with 0.375
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 207th with 0.729
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 219th with 28
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 269th in RBI with 36
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 62nd with 73
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.013, OBP: -0.003, HRs: -8, RBI: -58, Runs: -77, Wlks: -36, Stls: -38,
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among LF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 67th.
  • The current leader among LF's is Juan Soto
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 228th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.299
  • Ranked 272nd in batting average with 0.239
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 249th with 0.313
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 157th with 0.436
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 179th with 0.749
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 361st with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 259th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 240th in runs scored with 42
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.05, OBP: -0.068, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -55, Wlks: -53, Stls: -4,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nico Hoerner

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nico Hoerner
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS SDYu DarvishL 3-6
May 07VS SDHector NerisW 3-2
May 08VS SDDylan Cease
May 10@PITJared Jones
May 11@PITBailey Falter
May 12@PITMitch Keller
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200001.2940.33304
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS MILNick AndersonW 3-2
May 07VS MILJared KoenigL 5-6
May 08VS MILJoe Ross
May 09@LAAReid Detmers
May 10@LAAGriffin Canning
May 11@LAATyler Anderson
May 12@LAAPatrick Sandoval
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167001.1670.50002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nico Hoerner
17.38
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
11.85
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 36 38 1 21 10 4 13 .271 .344 .386 128
ON PACE 157 166 4 91 43 17 56 .271 .344 .386 560
3-YEAR AVG 109 116 6 55 44 22 31 .285 .345 .390 385
Career 431 431 21 216 173 72 120 .278 .340 .381
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 33 20 4 10 12 2 9 .185 .248 .370 78
ON PACE 144 87 17 43 52 8 39 .185 .248 .370 341
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 303 233 36 122 121 8 135 .220 .308 .388
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CHW @TB 06:50 EDT EST Chris Flexen
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CLE vs DET 01:10 EDT EST Tanner Bibee
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COL vs SF 08:40 EDT EST Peter Lambert
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HOU @NYY 07:05 EDT EST Spencer Arrighetti
Carlos Rodon
KC vs MIL 02:10 EDT EST Brady Singer
Joe Ross
LAA @PIT 12:35 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Martin Perez
LAD vs MIA 03:10 EDT EST Gavin Stone
Ryan Weathers
MIN vs SEA 07:40 EDT EST Chris Paddack
George Kirby
NYM @STL 01:15 EDT EST Jose Quintana
Sonny Gray
OAK vs TEX 07:07 EDT EST Osvaldo Bido
Jack Leiter
PHI vs TOR 01:05 EDT EST Aaron Nola
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