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Alec Burleson or Nelson Cruz

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Alec Burleson

Alec Burleson

LFSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz

DH
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Burleson over Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Alec Burleson
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cruz over Burleson

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nelson Cruz
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Performance Alec Burleson
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300000.3640.30006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250000.3080.25008
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nelson Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Alec Burleson
OWN
 
1%
-0.79 compared to last week
START
 
1%
+0.28 compared to last week
OWN/START Nelson Cruz
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Alec Burleson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nelson Cruz
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Alec Burleson

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among LF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 110th.
  • The current leader among LF's is Juan Soto
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 210th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.305
  • Ranked 132nd in batting average with 0.265
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 241st with 0.315
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 297th with 0.375
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 272nd with 0.690
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 500th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 357th in RBI with 21
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 437th in runs scored with 16
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.011, OBP: -0.003, HRs: -8, RBI: -34, Runs: -32, Wlks: -20, Stls: -3,
Breakdown Nelson Cruz

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Alec Burleson

No Injury Reported

Injury Nelson Cruz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Alec Burleson
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIKyle GibsonW 5-1
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400000.5000.40004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nelson Cruz
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Alec Burleson
7.03
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nelson Cruz
11.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Alec Burleson
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 STL 9 4 0 2 0 1 2 .148 .207 .185 15
2023 STL 117 77 8 34 36 3 23 .244 .299 .390 289
2024 STL 20 13 0 2 2 0 3 .255 .296 .294 33
ON PACE 129 84 0 12 12 0 19 .255 .296 .294 213
3-YEAR AVG 63 41 4 18 18 2 13 .237 .292 .374 152
Career 146 94 8 38 38 4 28 .239 .293 .364
Career Nelson Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2008 31 38 7 19 26 3 17 N/A N/A N/A 138
2009 TEX 129 120 33 76 76 20 51 N/A N/A N/A 392
2010 TEX 108 127 22 60 78 16 38 N/A N/A N/A 354
2011 TEX 126 125 29 64 86 9 32 N/A N/A N/A 324
2012 TEX 159 152 23 86 90 8 48 .260 .319 .455 436
2013 TEX 108 110 27 49 77 5 35 .269 .327 .511 326
2014 BAL 153 160 38 85 101 4 54 .273 .337 .524 488
2015 SEA 152 178 44 90 93 3 60 .302 .369 .566 501
2016 SEA 155 169 43 96 105 2 62 .287 .360 .555 515
2017 SEA 155 160 39 91 119 1 70 .288 .375 .549 517
2018 SEA 144 133 37 70 97 1 55 .256 .342 .509 427
2019 MIN 123 143 42 83 109 0 60 .308 .393 .636 480
2020 MIN 55 57 16 33 35 0 27 .300 .398 .595 179
2021 MIN 148 136 32 78 84 3 51 .262 .331 .491 495
2022 WAS 128 102 10 48 63 4 47 .233 .311 .338 323
2023 SD 59 35 5 9 23 1 6 .245 .283 .399 110
ON PACE 354 210 30 54 138 6 36 .245 .283 .399 660
3-YEAR AVG 112 91 16 45 57 3 35 .248 .317 .418 309
Career 1933 1945 447 1037 1262 80 713 .348 .426 .515
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