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Willy Adames or Merrill Kelly

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Willy Adames

Willy Adames

SSMilwaukee Brewers MIL
Merrill Kelly

Merrill Kelly

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Adames over Kelly

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

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Latest News Willy Adames
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kelly over Adames

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Merrill Kelly
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Performance Willy Adames
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.231011.2860.30816
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.340178.4260.489112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Merrill Kelly
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.800-000521.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Willy Adames
OWN
89%
+3.36 compared to last week
START
80%
+3.83 compared to last week
OWN/START Merrill Kelly
OWN
96%
-4.26 compared to last week
START
26%
-45.67 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Willy Adames
16th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Merrill Kelly
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Willy Adames

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 16th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 10th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 177th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.313
  • Ranked 205th in batting average with 0.253
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 112th with 0.347
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 135th with 0.451
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 114th with 0.798
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 345th with 3
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 74th with 51
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 147th in RBI with 57
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 140th in runs scored with 51
  • 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: +0.063, OBP: +0.054, HRs: -21, RBI: -70, Runs: -60, Wlks: -61, Stls: -3,
Breakdown Merrill Kelly

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 56th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 36th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 40th with 1.14
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 31st with 3.00
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 8th with 46
  • Top 100 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 96th with 138
  • Top 25 in wins and is currently ranked 25th with 8
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 86th with 129.0
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -11, L: -8, WHIP: -0.248, ERA: -1.098, K's: -171, Walks: -65
Next Up Health Check
Injury Willy Adames

No Injury Reported

Injury Merrill Kelly

SHOULDER - Since Apr 21, 2024

Kelly is dealing with a right shoulder strain and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to miss at least one month.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Willy Adames
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@PITJared JonesL 4-2
Apr 23@PITBailey FalterL 2-1
Apr 24@PITBryan HudsonW 2-3
Apr 25@PITMitch Keller
Apr 26VS NYYLuis Gil
Apr 27VS NYYCarlos Rodon
Apr 28VS NYYMarcus Stroman
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.091000.2310.09103
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Merrill Kelly
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLTommy HenryW 1-14
Apr 24@STLKyle GibsonL 5-1
Apr 26@SEAGeorge Kirby
Apr 27@SEAEmerson Hancock
Apr 28@SEALogan Gilbert
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Willy Adames
15.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Merrill Kelly
16.76
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Willy Adames
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 TAM 85 80 10 43 34 6 31 .278 .348 .406 190
2019 TB 158 141 22 72 54 5 49 .257 .321 .429 341
2020 TB 74 54 7 30 24 3 33 .221 .317 .393 138
2021 TB 146 134 25 74 73 5 54 .263 .333 .479 437
2022 MIL 131 122 30 78 92 6 48 .234 .297 .458 445
2023 MIL 152 125 24 73 81 5 72 .223 .315 .413 452
2024 MIL 23 26 3 13 11 2 11 .286 .369 .451 81
ON PACE 162 183 21 91 77 14 77 .286 .369 .451 570
3-YEAR AVG 143 127 26 75 82 5 58 .239 .315 .449 445
Career 769 682 121 383 369 32 298 .247 .322 .436
Career Merrill Kelly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 ARI 32 181.0 2962 158 57 0 13-14 4.48 1.33 7.9 377
2020 ARI 5 31.1 473 29 5 0 3-2 2.59 0.99 8.3 85
2021 ARI 27 158.0 2425 130 41 0 7-11 4.44 1.29 7.4 276
2022 ARI 32 195.0 2988 170 59 0 13-8 3.42 1.14 7.9 450
2023 ARI 34 199.1 3161 215 77 0 15-9 3.3 1.16 9.7 519
2024 ARI 4 24.2 361 21 6 0 2-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 72
ON PACE 24 151 2249 130 37 0 12-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 447
3-YEAR AVG 31 184 2858 172 59 0 12-9 3.65 1.18 8.4 415
Career 134 787.0 12370 723 245 0 0-0 3.77 1.21 8.3
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