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Jeimer Candelario or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Jeimer Candelario

Jeimer Candelario

3BCincinnati Reds CIN
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Candelario over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jeimer Candelario
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Candelario

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Jeimer Candelario
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.182011.4000.36405
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.231144.3550.46209
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jeimer Candelario
OWN
45%
-2.05 compared to last week
START
29%
+9.83 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
60%
-11.54 compared to last week
START
46%
-12.67 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jeimer Candelario
21st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
52nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jeimer Candelario

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 21st among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 20th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Alec Bohm
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 394th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.262
  • Ranked 361st in batting average with 0.222
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 225th with 0.318
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 146th with 0.444
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 166th with 0.761
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 341st with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 225th in RBI with 39
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 204th in runs scored with 43
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.062, OBP: -0.055, HRs: -20, RBI: -62, Runs: -68, Wlks: -45, Stls: -8,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 52nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 42nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 172nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.313
  • Ranked 210th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 177th 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 217th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 217th 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,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jeimer Candelario

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jeimer Candelario
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHIFernando CruzW 8-1
Apr 24VS PHISpencer Turnbull
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.105010.1500.15805
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 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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Jeimer Candelario
13.34
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
14.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jeimer Candelario
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 CHC 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .286 .091 1
2017 CHC 38 36 3 18 16 0 13 .283 .359 .425 86
2018 DET 144 121 19 78 54 3 66 .224 .317 .393 336
2019 DET 93 68 8 33 32 3 43 .204 .306 .338 178
2020 DET 52 56 7 30 29 0 18 .301 .366 .505 147
2021 DET 151 148 16 73 67 0 64 .274 .355 .447 464
2022 DET 120 79 12 45 44 0 27 .199 .259 .340 269
2023 WAS 140 126 22 76 70 8 52 .250 .333 .469 463
2024 CIN 20 13 2 8 8 0 7 .188 .278 .377 46
ON PACE 140 91 14 56 56 0 49 .188 .278 .377 324
3-YEAR AVG 137 118 17 65 60 3 48 .245 .321 .425 399
Career 763 648 89 361 320 14 292 .239 .322 .411
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
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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