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MJ Melendez or Aroldis Chapman

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

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
Aroldis Chapman

Aroldis Chapman

RPPittsburgh Pirates PIT
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Chapman

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Chapman over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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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
Performance Aroldis Chapman
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.180-010443.642
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
16.360-120795.005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
95%
+23.21 compared to last week
START
73%
+13.76 compared to last week
OWN/START Aroldis Chapman
OWN
51%
+3.75 compared to last week
START
47%
+4.41 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
52nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Aroldis Chapman
Not Ranked
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 43rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 172nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.313
  • Ranked 208th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 176th 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 213th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 221st 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,
Breakdown Aroldis Chapman

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 283rd.
  • The current leader among RP's is Luis Castillo
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 275th in WHIP with 1.60
  • Currently ranked 198th in ERA with 4.33
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 8th with 31
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 113th with 69
  • Top 50 in saves and is currently ranked 39th with 5
  • He holds a lot of games and is currently ranked 3rd with 18
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -6, L: -4, WHIP: +0.37, ERA: +2.047, K's: -91, Walks: -30
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury Aroldis Chapman

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 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
Matchups Aroldis Chapman
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MILJared JonesW 4-2
Apr 23VS MILBailey FalterW 2-1
Apr 24VS MILBryse Wilson
Apr 25VS MILFreddy Peralta
Apr 26@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 27@SFJordan Hicks
Apr 28@SFKeaton Winn
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
90.000-0101330.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
13.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Aroldis Chapman
12.63
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 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
Career Aroldis Chapman
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2010 CIN 15 13.1 220 19 5 0 2-2 2.03 1.05 12.8 56
2011 CIN 53 43.2 855 70 39 1 4-1 4.12 1.44 14.4 165
2012 CIN 66 67.1 1171 118 23 38 5-5 1.6 0.83 15.8 627
2013 CIN 68 61.1 1099 112 29 38 4-4 2.64 1.08 16.4 608
2014 CIN 51 51.0 886 102 22 33 0-3 2.12 0.8 18 402
2015 CIN 65 64.0 1169 116 33 33 4-4 1.69 1.17 16.3 446
2016 NYY 58 54.1 960 90 17 35 4-1 1.49 0.87 14.9 432
2017 NYY 52 48.0 875 69 20 22 4-3 3.38 1.19 12.9 292
2018 NYY 55 49.0 920 93 30 32 3-0 2.57 1.1 17.1 391
2019 NYY 65 60.0 1086 94 29 39 3-3 2.4 1.15 14.1 447
2020 CIN 15 16.1 257 30 4 4 2-1 1.65 0.67 16.5 87
2021 NYY 61 57.1 1004 97 38 30 6-4 3.3 1.29 15.2 312
2022 NYY 40 33.1 636 39 27 9 2-4 4.86 1.53 10.5 97
2023 KC 70 64.0 1137 109 41 6 6-5 3.09 1.33 15.3 212
2024 PIT 11 7.0 153 15 10 1 0-1 5.14 1.71 19.3 19
ON PACE 74 48 1032 101 67 6 0-6 5.14 1.71 19.3 128
3-YEAR AVG 57 51 926 82 35 15 5-4 3.48 1.35 14.3 207
Career 745 678.1 12428 1173 367 0 0-0 2.68 1.14 15.6
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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