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Giancarlo Stanton or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Giancarlo Stanton

Giancarlo Stanton

DHNew York Yankees NYY
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Stanton over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Giancarlo Stanton
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Stanton

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Giancarlo Stanton
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.176133.3000.41206
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.212255.3160.424011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.136142.1740.27306
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.125144.1860.225011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Giancarlo Stanton
OWN
68%
-2.12 compared to last week
START
55%
+0.84 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
60%
-11.54 compared to last week
START
46%
-12.67 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Giancarlo Stanton
58th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
52nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Giancarlo Stanton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 58th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 499th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.224
  • Ranked 461st in batting average with 0.199
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 378th with 0.285
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 142nd with 0.446
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 212th with 0.731
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 141st in RBI with 53
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 228th in runs scored with 40
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 64th with 22
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.042, OBP: +0.016, HRs: -19, RBI: -48, Runs: -32, Wlks: -35, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 52nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 42nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 172nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.313
  • Ranked 210th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 177th with 0.330
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 118th with 0.462
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 131st with 0.791
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 360th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 217th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 217th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.016, OBP: -0.02, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Giancarlo Stanton

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Giancarlo Stanton
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS OAKLucas ErcegL 0-2
Apr 23VS OAKMarcus StromanW 4-3
Apr 24VS OAKJoe Boyle
Apr 25VS OAKAlex Wood
Apr 26@MILColin Rea
Apr 27@MILJoe Ross
Apr 28@MIL
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286021.2860.42902
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 TORYariel Rodriguez
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 Giancarlo Stanton
15.13
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
14.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Giancarlo Stanton
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2010 MIA 100 93 22 45 59 5 34 N/A N/A N/A 207
2011 MIA 147 133 34 79 86 4 67 N/A N/A N/A 353
2012 MIA 122 128 37 75 86 6 46 .288 .360 .609 419
2013 MIA 116 106 24 62 62 1 74 .249 .364 .480 334
2014 MIA 132 142 34 83 98 12 87 .292 .401 .568 493
2015 MIA 74 74 27 47 67 4 34 .265 .344 .606 278
2016 MIA 119 99 27 56 74 0 50 .240 .326 .489 312
2017 MIA 159 169 59 123 132 2 85 .283 .377 .633 641
2018 NYY 157 162 38 101 100 5 69 .264 .342 .509 488
2019 NYY 23 20 4 9 15 0 16 .278 .400 .486 61
2020 NYY 29 26 10 18 24 1 19 .263 .388 .646 109
2021 NYY 140 140 35 64 97 0 63 .278 .360 .522 474
2022 NYY 114 83 30 53 79 0 48 .207 .289 .454 342
2023 NYY 113 71 24 43 60 0 41 .191 .275 .420 289
2024 NYY 21 17 5 11 12 0 6 .233 .291 .493 63
ON PACE 141 114 33 74 81 0 40 .233 .291 .493 425
3-YEAR AVG 122 98 30 53 79 0 51 .230 .313 .471 368
Career 1566 1463 410 869 1051 40 739 .306 .401 .533
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 21 16 4 9 12 1 8 .219 .296 .452 66
ON PACE 141 108 27 60 81 6 54 .219 .296 .452 445
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 291 229 36 121 121 7 134 .224 .313 .395
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Matchup Time Pitchers
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
Matchup Time
BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST