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MJ Melendez or Jake McCarthy

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
Jake McCarthy

Jake McCarthy

RFArizona Diamondbacks ARI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over McCarthy

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McCarthy over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Jake McCarthy
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Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.111002.2000.16705
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.237376.3260.553111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jake McCarthy
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286021.2860.35726
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.259053.2860.370212
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
72%
+5.14 compared to last week
START
59%
+1.18 compared to last week
OWN/START Jake McCarthy
OWN
 
3%
+0.12 compared to last week
START
 
1%
+1.21 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
50th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jake McCarthy
96th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 42nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 115th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.327
  • Ranked 171st in batting average with 0.261
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 145th with 0.340
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 95th with 0.475
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 100th with 0.815
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 315th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 252nd in RBI with 33
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 216th in runs scored with 39
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.02, OBP: +0.029, HRs: -13, RBI: -48, Runs: -58, Wlks: -55, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Jake McCarthy

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 96th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 82nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 132nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.324
  • Ranked 265th in batting average with 0.243
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 294th with 0.307
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 470th with 0.287
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 429th with 0.594
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 485th with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 499th in RBI with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 403rd in runs scored with 17
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.035, OBP: -0.017, HRs: -2, RBI: -11, Runs: -33, Wlks: -25, Stls: -24,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury Jake McCarthy

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@CHWSeth LugoW 0-2
Apr 16@CHW
Apr 17@CHWJonathan Cannon
Apr 17@CHWErick Fedde
Apr 19VS BALDean Kremer
Apr 20VS BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 21VS BALCole Irvin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.240374.2960.68007
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jake McCarthy
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS CHCKeegan ThompsonL 2-3
Apr 16VS CHCKevin GinkelW 12-11
Apr 17VS CHCJordan Wicks
Apr 18@SFLogan Webb
Apr 19@SFBlake Snell
Apr 20@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 21@SFJordan Hicks
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286010.2860.28612
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
13.72
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jake McCarthy
10.81
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 15 13 3 7 8 1 7 .255 .345 .529 53
ON PACE 142 123 28 66 76 9 66 .255 .345 .529 505
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 285 226 35 119 117 7 133 .226 .316 .397
Career Jake McCarthy
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 ARI 23 12 2 11 4 2 8 .218 .333 .382 50
2022 ARI 89 83 7 50 41 23 22 .296 .357 .443 307
2023 ARI 111 67 2 37 16 26 26 .243 .314 .326 270
2024 ARI 16 10 0 4 5 2 1 .278 .297 .361 32
ON PACE 144 90 0 36 45 18 9 .278 .297 .361 288
3-YEAR AVG 74 54 4 33 20 17 19 .265 .335 .385 209
Career 239 172 11 102 66 53 57 .266 .333 .383
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ATL @HOU 02:10 EDT EST Max Fried
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BAL vs MIN 01:05 EDT EST
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BOS vs CLE 07:10 EDT EST Tanner Houck
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CHW vs KC 02:10 EDT EST Jonathan Cannon
Brady Singer
CIN @SEA 04:10 EDT EST Andrew Abbott
Bryce Miller
COL @PHI 06:05 EDT EST Ryan Feltner
Cristopher Sanchez
DET vs TEX 01:10 EDT EST Tarik Skubal
Dane Dunning
LAA @TB 06:50 EDT EST Reid Detmers
Zack Littell
LAD vs WAS 03:10 EDT EST Landon Knack
Jake Irvin
MIA vs SF 12:10 EDT EST Trevor Rogers
Keaton Winn
MIL vs SD 01:10 EDT EST
Michael King
NYM vs PIT 01:10 EDT EST Luis Severino
Bailey Falter
NYY @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Marcus Stroman
Kevin Gausman
OAK vs STL 03:37 EDT EST Paul Blackburn
Steven Matz
Matchup Time
ATL @CHI 9:30 PM EST
MIA @PHI 7:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
ARI vs EDM 10:00 PM EST
DAL vs STL 9:30 PM EST
NYI vs PIT 7:00 PM EST
TB vs TOR 7:00 PM EST