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Santiago Espinal or Keibert Ruiz

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Santiago Espinal

Santiago Espinal

2BCincinnati Reds CIN
Keibert Ruiz

Keibert Ruiz

CWashington Nationals WAS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Espinal over Ruiz

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Santiago Espinal
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ruiz over Espinal

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Keibert Ruiz
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Performance Santiago Espinal
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.316152.3640.52616
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.258183.3240.387210
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Keibert Ruiz
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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
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Santiago Espinal
OWN
 
1%
-0.2 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Keibert Ruiz
OWN
43%
-5.68 compared to last week
START
17%
+1.04 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Santiago Espinal
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Keibert Ruiz
14th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Santiago Espinal

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 2B 3B . However, he plays 2B most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 22nd.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 245th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.296
  • Ranked 145th in batting average with 0.262
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 295th with 0.305
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 350th with 0.351
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 337th with 0.656
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 477th with 5
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 341st in RBI with 24
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 416th in runs scored with 17
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.05, OBP: -0.042, HRs: -1, RBI: -15, Runs: -26, Wlks: -12, Stls: +3,
Breakdown Keibert Ruiz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 15th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 46th.
  • The current leader among C's is Salvador Perez
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to him now for a discount.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 246th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.295
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.280 and is currently ranked 83rd
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 199th with 0.324
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 166th with 0.433
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 179th with 0.756
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 545th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 226th in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 272nd in runs scored with 34
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.066, OBP: -0.043, HRs: -17, RBI: -65, Runs: -53, Wlks: -29, Stls: -1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Santiago Espinal

No Injury Reported

Injury Keibert Ruiz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Santiago Espinal
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHIFernando CruzW 8-1
Apr 24VS PHIJustin WilsonW 7-4
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.357152.3750.57115
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Keibert Ruiz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS LADAlex VesiaL 1-4
Apr 24VS LADLandon KnackL 2-11
Apr 25VS LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
Apr 26@MIAJesus Luzardo
Apr 27@MIAEdward Cabrera
Apr 28@MIARyan Weathers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Santiago Espinal
9.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Keibert Ruiz
12.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Santiago Espinal
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 TOR 26 15 0 9 5 1 3 .259 .290 .328 30
2021 TOR 92 69 2 32 16 6 22 .318 .382 .415 235
2022 TOR 132 117 7 50 50 5 35 .265 .318 .372 373
2023 TOR 112 59 2 30 25 2 18 .254 .313 .341 232
2024 CIN 18 10 1 4 10 5 6 .204 .271 .286 52
ON PACE 121 67 6 27 67 33 40 .204 .271 .286 351
3-YEAR AVG 112 82 4 37 30 4 25 .275 .332 .374 280
Career 380 270 12 125 106 19 84 .271 .327 .367
Career Keibert Ruiz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 LAD 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 .250 .250 .625 6
2021 LAD 28 21 3 9 14 0 6 .253 .319 .386 80
2022 WAS 111 97 7 32 36 6 30 .252 .314 .361 310
2023 WAS 138 134 18 55 68 1 31 .260 .308 .409 448
2024 WAS 9 6 1 2 3 0 2 .194 .265 .290 20
ON PACE 63 42 7 14 21 0 14 .194 .265 .290 140
3-YEAR AVG 92 84 9 32 39 2 22 .256 .311 .388 279
Career 288 260 30 99 122 7 69 .254 .309 .387
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