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Josh Lowe or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Josh Lowe

Josh Lowe

RFTampa Bay Rays TB
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lowe over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Josh Lowe
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Lowe

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Josh Lowe
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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
.000.02
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 Josh Lowe
OWN
79%
+0.11 compared to last week
START
 
6%
-2.72 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
58%
-10.11 compared to last week
START
53%
+3.01 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Lowe
27th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Lowe

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 27th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 173rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • 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.
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Oblique (Since Mar 25, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.362 and is currently ranked 41st
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.299 and is currently ranked 37th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 117th with 0.346
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 74th with 0.491
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 64th with 0.837
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 104th with 13
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 256th in RBI with 35
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 257th in runs scored with 36
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.291, OBP: -0.336, HRs: -20, RBI: -83, Runs: -72, Wlks: -32, Stls: -32,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
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 195th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.308
  • Ranked 224th 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 127th 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 352nd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 215th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 218th 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,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Lowe

OBLIQUE - Since Mar 25, 2024

Lowe is dealing with a right oblique strain and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in early May.
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Lowe
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS DETTarik SkubalL 1-7
Apr 23VS DETAlex FaedoL 2-4
Apr 24VS DETChris DevenskiW 7-5
Apr 26@CHWChris Flexen
Apr 27@CHWJonathan Cannon
Apr 28@CHWErick Fedde
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
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 Josh Lowe
13.04
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Lowe
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 TB 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 6
2022 TB 52 40 2 24 13 3 15 .221 .283 .343 106
2023 TB 148 137 20 72 83 32 32 .291 .336 .496 508
2024 TB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 3
ON PACE 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 18
3-YEAR AVG 67 59 7 32 32 12 16 .273 .323 .454 207
Career 205 178 22 96 96 36 48 .273 .323 .454
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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