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Byron Buxton or Santiago Espinal

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Byron Buxton

Byron Buxton

CFMinnesota Twins MIN
Santiago Espinal

Santiago Espinal

2BCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Buxton over Espinal

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Espinal over Buxton

 
 
 
 
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Performance Byron Buxton
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.350133.3500.65005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.256165.2500.487012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Santiago Espinal
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211121.2860.42106
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.194152.2780.323110
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Byron Buxton
OWN
40%
-7.51 compared to last week
START
31%
+3.26 compared to last week
OWN/START Santiago Espinal
OWN
 
0%
-0.43 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Byron Buxton
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Santiago Espinal
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Byron Buxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 35th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 86th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 197th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.307
  • Ranked 368th in batting average with 0.221
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 460th with 0.261
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 218th with 0.407
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 315th with 0.669
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 605th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 360th in RBI with 21
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 413th in runs scored with 18
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.04, OBP: -0.021, HRs: -16, RBI: -32, Runs: -42, Wlks: -34, Stls: -9,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
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 26th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 280th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.288
  • Ranked 195th in batting average with 0.255
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 307th with 0.301
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 366th with 0.345
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 357th with 0.646
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 535th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 357th in RBI with 21
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 427th in runs scored with 16
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.08, OBP: -0.058, HRs: -1, RBI: -18, Runs: -27, Wlks: -12, Stls: +2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Byron Buxton

No Injury Reported

Injury Santiago Espinal

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Byron Buxton
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWGarrett Crochet
Apr 25VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.750112.7501.75001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Santiago Espinal
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHIFernando CruzW 8-1
Apr 24VS PHISpencer Turnbull
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273121.3330.54504
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Byron Buxton
13.74
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Santiago Espinal
9.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Byron Buxton
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 46 27 2 16 6 2 6 .209 .250 .326 52
2016 MIN 92 67 10 44 38 10 23 .225 .284 .430 194
2017 MIN 140 117 16 69 51 29 38 .253 .314 .413 332
2018 MIN 28 14 0 8 4 5 3 .156 .183 .200 29
2019 MIN 87 71 10 48 46 15 19 .262 .314 .513 248
2020 MIN 41 33 13 19 27 3 2 .254 .267 .577 110
2021 MIN 60 69 18 47 30 9 13 .307 .361 .644 253
2022 MIN 93 76 28 61 51 6 34 .224 .306 .526 314
2023 MIN 97 63 17 49 42 9 35 .207 .293 .436 265
2024 MIN 21 18 1 7 10 0 1 .247 .273 .411 44
ON PACE 154 132 7 51 73 0 7 .247 .273 .411 324
3-YEAR AVG 83 69 21 52 41 8 27 .239 .315 .525 277
Career 705 555 115 368 305 88 174 .239 .299 .465
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 17 8 1 3 7 4 6 .174 .255 .261 44
ON PACE 119 56 7 21 49 28 42 .174 .255 .261 309
3-YEAR AVG 112 82 4 37 30 4 25 .275 .332 .374 280
Career 379 268 12 124 103 18 84 .270 .326 .366
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ARI @STL 01:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Kyle Gibson
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Sixto Sanchez
BAL @LAA 04:07 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Tyler Anderson
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Carlos Carrasco
CHC vs HOU 07:40 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Spencer Arrighetti
CHW @MIN 07:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Joe Ryan
CIN vs PHI 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Spencer Turnbull
COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST
Matt Waldron
DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Shawn Armstrong
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Yariel Rodriguez
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Landon Knack
Jake Irvin
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
Josh Fleming
NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Blake Snell
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Joe Boyle
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Bryce Miller
Jon Gray
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BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
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BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST