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Oneil Cruz or Alex Verdugo

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Oneil Cruz

Oneil Cruz

SSPittsburgh Pirates PIT
Alex Verdugo

Alex Verdugo

LFNew York Yankees NYY
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Owners starting Cruz over Verdugo

 
 
 
 
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Performance Oneil Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333020.4550.44416
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.209141.2920.326112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alex Verdugo
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.353031.4550.35306
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.317038.4310.439113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Oneil Cruz
OWN
83%
-5.15 compared to last week
START
71%
+2.9 compared to last week
OWN/START Alex Verdugo
OWN
41%
+7.02 compared to last week
START
33%
+10.43 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Oneil Cruz
10th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alex Verdugo
69th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Oneil Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 10th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 28th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.362 and is currently ranked 40th
  • Ranked 264th in batting average with 0.242
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 316th with 0.299
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 325th with 0.364
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 323rd with 0.663
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 605th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 540th in RBI with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 544th in runs scored with 8
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.008, OBP: -0.076, HRs: +2, RBI: +4, Runs: +1, Wlks: +1, Stls: -1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Alex Verdugo

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 69th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 21st.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • 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 454th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.247
  • Ranked 322nd in batting average with 0.230
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 344th with 0.293
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 313th with 0.373
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 319th with 0.666
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 522nd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 307th in RBI with 28
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 199th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.007, OBP: +0.037, HRs: -11, RBI: -46, Runs: -68, Wlks: -30, Stls: -4,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Oneil Cruz

No Injury Reported

Injury Alex Verdugo

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Oneil Cruz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MILJared JonesW 4-2
Apr 23VS MILBailey FalterW 2-1
Apr 24VS MILBryan HudsonL 2-3
Apr 25VS MILJared KoenigL 5-7
Apr 26@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 27@SFJordan Hicks
Apr 28@SFKeaton Winn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.462020.5330.61504
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alex Verdugo
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS OAKLucas ErcegL 0-2
Apr 23VS OAKMarcus StromanW 4-3
Apr 24VS OAKClarke SchmidtW 7-3
Apr 25VS OAKAlex WoodL 1-3
Apr 26@MILColin Rea
Apr 27@MILJoe Ross
Apr 28@MILTobias Myers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222010.4290.22204
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Oneil Cruz
16.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alex Verdugo
12.91
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Oneil Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 PIT 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 .333 .333 .667 9
2022 PIT 76 68 17 40 53 9 23 .236 .294 .472 238
2023 PIT 21 8 1 7 4 3 7 .250 .375 .375 49
2024 PIT 26 24 3 8 8 2 8 .242 .299 .364 52
ON PACE 162 149 18 49 49 12 49 .242 .299 .364 324
3-YEAR AVG 33 26 6 16 20 4 10 .240 .304 .468 99
Career 125 103 22 57 68 14 38 .241 .303 .444
Career Alex Verdugo
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 LAD 15 4 1 1 1 0 2 .174 .240 .304 9
2018 LAD 37 20 1 11 4 0 8 .260 .329 .377 45
2019 LAD 106 101 12 43 44 4 26 .294 .342 .475 260
2020 BOS 53 64 6 36 15 4 18 .320 .380 .490 153
2021 BOS 162 167 14 91 68 7 55 .288 .352 .428 540
2022 BOS 142 160 10 70 71 1 39 .289 .336 .416 482
2023 BOS 144 143 13 81 54 5 44 .263 .322 .421 470
2024 NYY 26 22 2 13 8 1 14 .256 .359 .395 88
ON PACE 162 137 12 81 49 6 87 .256 .359 .395 548
3-YEAR AVG 149 157 12 81 64 4 46 .280 .337 .422 497
Career 685 681 59 346 265 22 206 .283 .341 .432
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ATL vs CLE 07:20 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Tanner Bibee
BAL vs OAK 04:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
JP Sears
BOS vs CHC 04:10 EDT EST Josh Winckowski
CHW vs TB 07:10 EDT EST Jonathan Cannon
Aaron Civale
CIN @TEX 04:05 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Michael Lorenzen
COL vs HOU 06:05 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Ronel Blanco
DET vs KC 06:10 EDT EST Casey Mize
Brady Singer
LAA vs MIN 09:38 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Chris Paddack
LAD @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Tyler Glasnow
Yusei Kikuchi
MIA vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST Edward Cabrera
Mitchell Parker
MIL vs NYY 07:10 EDT EST Joe Ross
Carlos Rodon
NYM vs STL 04:05 EDT EST Adrian Houser
Sonny Gray
PHI @SD 08:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Dylan Cease
PIT @SF 09:05 EDT EST Martin Perez
Jordan Hicks
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BOS @MIA 6:00 PM EST
CLE @ORL 1:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 8:30 PM EST
NO vs OKC 3:30 PM EST
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BOS @TOR 8:00 PM EST
CAR @NYI 2:00 PM EST
DAL @VGK 10:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 5:00 PM EST