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MJ Melendez or Andrew McCutchen

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
Andrew McCutchen

Andrew McCutchen

DHPittsburgh Pirates PIT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over McCutchen

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McCutchen over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Andrew McCutchen
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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
Performance Andrew McCutchen
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278222.2780.61106
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.243357.3000.486112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
58%
-10.11 compared to last week
START
53%
+3.01 compared to last week
OWN/START Andrew McCutchen
OWN
 
5%
+1.21 compared to last week
START
 
4%
+3.1 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Andrew McCutchen
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 195th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.308
  • Ranked 224th 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 127th 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 352nd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 215th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 218th 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,
Breakdown Andrew McCutchen

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 8th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 10th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 248th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.295
  • Ranked 360th in batting average with 0.221
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 115th with 0.346
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 363rd with 0.347
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 268th with 0.693
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 469th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 352nd in RBI with 22
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 342nd in runs scored with 26
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.026, OBP: -0.059, HRs: -9, RBI: -36, Runs: -46, Wlks: -68, Stls: -10,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury Andrew McCutchen

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Andrew McCutchen
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MILJared JonesW 4-2
Apr 23VS MILBailey FalterW 2-1
Apr 24VS MILBryan HudsonL 2-3
Apr 25VS MILFreddy Peralta
Apr 26@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 27@SFJordan Hicks
Apr 28@SFKeaton Winn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.556222.5561.22203
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
13.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Andrew McCutchen
12.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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
Career Andrew McCutchen
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2009 PIT 108 124 12 74 54 22 54 N/A N/A N/A 347
2010 PIT 154 163 16 94 56 33 70 N/A N/A N/A 453
2011 PIT 156 146 22 86 88 23 88 N/A N/A N/A 440
2012 PIT 156 193 31 107 96 19 70 .327 .395 .553 572
2013 PIT 157 185 21 97 84 26 78 .317 .399 .508 557
2014 PIT 137 164 24 86 76 15 80 .320 .417 .554 503
2015 PIT 157 165 23 91 96 11 98 .292 .401 .488 517
2016 PIT 152 153 24 81 79 6 68 .256 .336 .430 426
2017 PIT 156 159 28 94 88 11 73 .279 .363 .486 496
2018 SF 155 145 20 83 65 14 95 .255 .368 .424 440
2019 PHI 59 56 10 45 29 2 43 .256 .378 .457 194
2020 PHI 57 55 9 34 33 5 26 .253 .335 .419 171
2021 PHI 145 105 26 76 78 6 80 .222 .335 .440 471
2022 MIL 129 115 16 63 63 8 52 .234 .310 .378 393
2023 PIT 116 100 12 55 43 11 75 .256 .378 .397 366
2024 PIT 18 14 3 9 7 1 7 .230 .319 .410 46
ON PACE 116 90 19 58 45 6 45 .230 .319 .410 298
3-YEAR AVG 130 107 18 65 61 8 69 .236 .339 .405 410
Career 2012 2042 297 1175 1035 213 1057 .350 .451 .466
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