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Brandon Marsh or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Brandon Marsh

Brandon Marsh

CFPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Marsh over Melendez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Brandon Marsh
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Marsh

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Brandon Marsh
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.182131.3570.45514
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.206263.2700.471111
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 Brandon Marsh
OWN
37%
+5.59 compared to last week
START
32%
+10.78 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
59%
-9.19 compared to last week
START
54%
+3.57 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brandon Marsh
76th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brandon Marsh

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF CF . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 78th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 51st.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 15 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.406 and is currently ranked 13th
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.288 and is currently ranked 59th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 30th with 0.379
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 77th with 0.487
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 48th with 0.866
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 110th with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 148th in RBI with 46
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 256th in runs scored with 36
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.001, OBP: -0.05, HRs: -7, RBI: -48, Runs: -50, Wlks: -55, Stls: -9,
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 Brandon Marsh

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brandon Marsh
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@CINRanger SuarezW 0-7
Apr 23@CINFernando CruzL 8-1
Apr 24@CINJustin WilsonL 7-4
Apr 25@CINNick Martinez
Apr 26@SDJoe Musgrove
Apr 27@SDDylan Cease
Apr 28@SDMichael King
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.313112.3530.50015
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 Brandon Marsh
13.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Brandon Marsh
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 LAA 68 59 2 27 19 6 20 .258 .321 .362 138
2022 LAA 141 98 12 49 49 11 29 .230 .281 .366 285
2023 PHI 153 126 13 60 65 12 63 .285 .375 .466 412
2024 PHI 22 19 5 8 13 2 5 .271 .316 .529 62
ON PACE 142 123 32 51 84 12 32 .271 .316 .529 401
3-YEAR AVG 121 94 9 45 44 10 37 .258 .329 .406 278
Career 384 302 32 144 146 31 117 .259 .328 .413
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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