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Merrill Kelly or Jose Leclerc

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Merrill Kelly

Merrill Kelly

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
Jose Leclerc

Jose Leclerc

RPTexas Rangers TEX
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kelly over Leclerc

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

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Latest News Merrill Kelly
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Leclerc over Kelly

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jose Leclerc
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Performance Merrill Kelly
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.800-000521.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jose Leclerc
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000231.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-010641.204
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Merrill Kelly
OWN
96%
-4.09 compared to last week
START
28%
-51.08 compared to last week
OWN/START Jose Leclerc
OWN
43%
-6.3 compared to last week
START
37%
-5.35 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Merrill Kelly
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jose Leclerc
40th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Merrill Kelly

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 56th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 36th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 40th with 1.14
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 31st with 3.00
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 7th with 46
  • Top 100 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 96th with 138
  • Top 25 in wins and is currently ranked 25th with 8
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 87th with 129.0
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -11, L: -8, WHIP: -0.248, ERA: -1.098, K's: -171, Walks: -65
Breakdown Jose Leclerc

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 39th among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 344th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Luis Castillo
  • Can't be doing much worse than he is right now. Failing to live up to expectations is one thing, but playing this bad is another.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 134th in WHIP with 1.32
  • Currently ranked 141st in ERA with 3.78
  • Top 15 in walks and is currently ranked 15th with 29
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 117th with 66
  • Top 35 in saves and is currently ranked 32nd with 8
  • Top 75 in holds and is currently ranked 69th with 9
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.511, ERA: +4.217, K's: -63, Walks: -19
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Merrill Kelly

SHOULDER - Since Apr 21, 2024

Kelly is dealing with a right shoulder strain and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to miss at least one month.
Injury Jose Leclerc

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Merrill Kelly
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLTommy HenryW 1-14
Apr 24@STLKyle GibsonL 5-1
Apr 26@SEAGeorge Kirby
Apr 27@SEAEmerson Hancock
Apr 28@SEALogan Gilbert
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jose Leclerc
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS SEALogan GilbertL 0-4
Apr 24VS SEAJonathan HernandezW 5-1
Apr 25VS SEALuis Castillo
Apr 26VS CINGraham Ashcraft
Apr 27VS CINHunter Greene
Apr 28VS CINAndrew Abbott
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000011.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Merrill Kelly
16.72
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jose Leclerc
10.53
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Merrill Kelly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 ARI 32 181.0 2962 158 57 0 13-14 4.48 1.33 7.9 377
2020 ARI 5 31.1 473 29 5 0 3-2 2.59 0.99 8.3 85
2021 ARI 27 158.0 2425 130 41 0 7-11 4.44 1.29 7.4 276
2022 ARI 32 195.0 2988 170 59 0 13-8 3.42 1.14 7.9 450
2023 ARI 34 199.1 3161 215 77 0 15-9 3.3 1.16 9.7 519
2024 ARI 4 24.2 361 21 6 0 2-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 72
ON PACE 24 151 2249 130 37 0 12-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 447
3-YEAR AVG 31 184 2858 172 59 0 12-9 3.65 1.18 8.4 415
Career 134 787.0 12370 723 245 0 0-0 3.77 1.21 8.3
Career Jose Leclerc
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2016 TEX 12 15.0 264 15 13 0 0-0 1.8 1.6 9 30
2017 TEX 47 41.0 865 60 40 2 2-3 4.39 1.54 13.2 122
2018 TEX 59 53.0 933 85 25 12 2-3 1.7 0.92 14.4 258
2019 TEX 70 64.0 1294 100 39 14 2-4 4.64 1.42 14.1 256
2020 TEX 2 2.0 47 3 2 1 0-0 4.5 2 13.5 11
2022 TEX 38 48.2 760 52 21 7 0-3 2.77 1.09 9.6 124
2023 TEX 70 63.2 1216 81 34 8 1-3 3.11 1.26 11.5 190
2024 TEX 9 10.0 218 10 10 1 1-2 7.2 1.8 9 13
ON PACE 58 65 1412 64 64 6 6-12 7.2 1.8 9 84
3-YEAR AVG 54 54 988 67 28 8 1-3 3.11 1.22 11 157
Career 307 285.2 5597 406 184 0 0-0 3.53 1.34 12.8
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