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Taylor Walls or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Taylor Walls

Taylor Walls

3BTampa Bay Rays TB
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walls over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Walls
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Walls

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Taylor Walls
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.03
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0530.00005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.162254.2790.351111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Walls
OWN
 
1%
-0.04 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
65%
-10.44 compared to last week
START
50%
-18.83 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Walls
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Taylor Walls

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 54th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Hip (Since Mar 25, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 359th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.271
  • Ranked 483rd in batting average with 0.183
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 365th with 0.287
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 511th with 0.237
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 494th with 0.524
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 643rd with 5
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 495th in RBI with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 469th in runs scored with 12
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.204, OBP: -0.304, HRs: -8, RBI: -36, Runs: -50, Wlks: -44, Stls: -22,
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 48th.
  • 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 146th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.320
  • Ranked 193rd in batting average with 0.255
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 158th with 0.335
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 108th with 0.465
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 117th with 0.800
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 321st with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 258th in RBI with 33
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in runs scored with 39
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.011, OBP: +0.002, HRs: -13, RBI: -48, Runs: -58, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Walls

HIP - Since Mar 25, 2024

Walls is recovering from hip surgery and has been placed on the 10-day injured list.
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Walls
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS LAALuis GarciaL 3-7
Apr 16VS LAAGarrett CleavingerW 7-6
Apr 17VS LAAHunter StricklandL 4-5
Apr 18VS LAARyan PepiotW 2-1
Apr 19@NYYClarke Schmidt
Apr 20@NYYNestor Cortes
Apr 21@NYYLuis Gil
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@CHWSeth LugoW 0-2
Apr 16@CHW
Apr 17@CHWErick FeddeL 2-1
Apr 17@CHWNick AndersonW 2-4
Apr 19VS BALDean Kremer
Apr 20VS BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 21VS BALCole Irvin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.188374.2570.53109
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Walls
8.90
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Taylor Walls
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 TB 53 30 1 11 14 4 19 .214 .306 .307 105
2022 TB 134 65 7 50 29 8 48 .167 .260 .270 268
2023 TB 116 63 8 50 36 22 44 .204 .304 .333 300
2024 TB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 3
ON PACE 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 24
3-YEAR AVG 101 53 5 37 26 11 37 .189 .284 .300 224
Career 306 158 16 111 79 34 111 .189 .284 .300
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 17 13 3 7 8 1 8 .224 .318 .466 53
ON PACE 144 110 25 59 68 8 68 .224 .318 .466 451
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 287 226 35 119 117 7 134 .224 .314 .394
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