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Alejandro Kirk or Whit Merrifield

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Alejandro Kirk

Alejandro Kirk

CToronto Blue Jays TOR
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kirk over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Alejandro Kirk
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Kirk

 
 
 
 
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Performance Alejandro Kirk
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000010.1000.00003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211021.3600.26307
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.364122.3640.72713
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222123.2110.44417
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Alejandro Kirk
OWN
 
10%
-0.49 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-0.57 compared to last week
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
 
8%
-4.18 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-0.48 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Alejandro Kirk
24th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
59th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Alejandro Kirk

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 25th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 28th.
  • The current leader among C's is William Contreras
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 461st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.244
  • Ranked 323rd in batting average with 0.230
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 205th with 0.321
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 383rd with 0.337
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 330th with 0.658
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 285th in RBI with 31
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 383rd in runs scored with 21
  • 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: -0.084, OBP: -0.069, HRs: -8, RBI: -34, Runs: -33, Wlks: -34, Stls: EVEN,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Whit Merrifield

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF 2B . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 59th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 37th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 369th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.268
  • Ranked 205th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 374th with 0.286
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 277th with 0.387
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 311th with 0.673
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 380th with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 233rd in RBI with 39
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 242nd in runs scored with 38
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.093, OBP: -0.104, HRs: -10, RBI: -65, Runs: -62, Wlks: -35, Stls: -24,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Alejandro Kirk

No Injury Reported

Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Alejandro Kirk
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@KCYusei KikuchiW 3-5
Apr 23@KCChris StrattonL 3-2
Apr 24@KCJohn SchreiberL 3-2
Apr 25@KCCole RagansL 2-1
Apr 26VS LADGavin Stone
Apr 27VS LADTyler Glasnow
Apr 28VS LADJames Paxton
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000010.1670.00002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@CINRanger SuarezW 0-7
Apr 23@CINFernando CruzL 8-1
Apr 24@CINJustin WilsonL 7-4
Apr 25@CINZack WheelerW 0-5
Apr 26@SDJoe Musgrove
Apr 27@SDDylan Cease
Apr 28@SDMichael King
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.267011.3130.33314
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Alejandro Kirk
10.15
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Whit Merrifield
10.54
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Alejandro Kirk
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 TOR 11 10 1 4 3 0 1 .345 .367 .517 21
2021 TOR 60 40 8 19 24 0 19 .244 .330 .439 172
2022 TOR 135 130 13 57 57 0 61 .289 .376 .420 444
2023 TOR 135 95 8 34 43 0 43 .251 .337 .357 344
2024 TOR 19 10 0 1 9 0 9 .167 .268 .183 39
ON PACE 118 62 0 6 56 0 56 .167 .268 .183 243
3-YEAR AVG 110 88 10 37 41 0 41 .267 .354 .399 320
Career 360 285 30 115 136 0 133 .264 .349 .390
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 16 7 1 4 2 2 2 .179 .214 .282 36
ON PACE 99 43 6 24 12 12 12 .179 .214 .282 224
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1070 1180 91 590 471 202 282 .283 .329 .420
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