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Dansby Swanson or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Dansby Swanson

Dansby Swanson

SSChicago Cubs CHC
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Swanson over Melendez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Dansby Swanson
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Swanson

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Dansby Swanson
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.235145.3500.47106
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.205149.2550.318112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.158142.1580.31605
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.098143.1400.195011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dansby Swanson
OWN
94%
-1.05 compared to last week
START
82%
-4.19 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
59%
-9.43 compared to last week
START
54%
+4.01 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dansby Swanson
14th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dansby Swanson

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 15th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 332nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.277
  • Ranked 320th in batting average with 0.231
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 268th with 0.310
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 183rd with 0.426
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 205th with 0.736
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 316th with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 150th in RBI with 56
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 92nd with 58
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.009, OBP: -0.015, HRs: -19, RBI: -69, Runs: -66, Wlks: -57, Stls: -7,
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 46th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 197th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.308
  • Ranked 223rd in batting average with 0.249
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 189th with 0.326
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 126th with 0.456
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 138th with 0.782
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 365th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.027, OBP: -0.034, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Dansby Swanson

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dansby Swanson
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS HOUJordan WicksW 7-2
Apr 24VS HOUJameson TaillonW 4-3
Apr 25VS HOUJustin Verlander
Apr 26@BOSKutter Crawford
Apr 27@BOSJosh Winckowski
Apr 28@BOSTanner Houck
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286133.3750.71402
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Dansby Swanson
19.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Dansby Swanson
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 ATL 38 39 3 20 17 3 13 .302 .361 .442 96
2017 ATL 144 112 6 59 51 3 59 .230 .310 .322 272
2018 ATL 136 114 14 51 59 10 44 .238 .304 .395 302
2019 ATL 132 128 17 80 67 10 52 .255 .329 .427 368
2020 ATL 72 77 13 55 44 7 27 .273 .343 .479 231
2021 ATL 178 158 29 84 92 10 54 .246 .306 .441 531
2022 ATL 156 169 21 97 89 19 46 .272 .323 .428 511
2023 CHC 151 138 22 81 80 9 66 .244 .328 .416 477
2024 CHC 24 20 3 15 11 2 9 .235 .313 .400 71
ON PACE 162 135 20 101 74 13 60 .235 .313 .400 479
3-YEAR AVG 162 155 24 87 87 13 55 .255 .319 .429 506
Career 1031 955 128 542 510 73 370 .252 .320 .414
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 22 16 4 9 12 1 8 .208 .282 .429 67
ON PACE 142 103 25 58 77 6 51 .208 .282 .429 434
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 292 229 36 121 121 7 134 .223 .312 .393
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