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Elly De La Cruz or J.D. Martinez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Elly De La Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SSCincinnati Reds CIN
J.D. Martinez

J.D. Martinez

DHNew York Mets NYM
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting De La Cruz over Martinez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Elly De La Cruz
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Martinez over De La Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News J.D. Martinez
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Performance Elly De La Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.444277.5830.83386
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.30841110.4490.641912
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance J.D. Martinez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Elly De La Cruz
OWN
99%
-1.17 compared to last week
START
98%
+1.86 compared to last week
OWN/START J.D. Martinez
OWN
51%
+9.03 compared to last week
START
 
3%
+1.9 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Elly De La Cruz
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus J.D. Martinez
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Elly De La Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 4th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 2nd.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.336 and is currently ranked 86th
  • Ranked 279th in batting average with 0.240
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 232nd with 0.317
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 148th with 0.445
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 162nd with 0.762
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 166th with 40
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 84th with 40
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 81st with 50
  • Top 25 in runs scored and is currently ranked 24th with 69
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 54th with 17
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.078, OBP: +0.114, HRs: -6, RBI: -26, Runs: -44, Wlks: -21, Stls: -19,
Breakdown J.D. Martinez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 7th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.353 and is currently ranked 54th
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.285 and is currently ranked 66th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 107th with 0.348
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 16th with 0.581
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 24th with 0.929
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 177th in RBI with 48
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 361st in runs scored with 23
  • 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 2.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.272, OBP: -0.324, HRs: -34, RBI: -104, Runs: -62, Wlks: -36, Stls: -1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Elly De La Cruz

No Injury Reported

Injury J.D. Martinez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Elly De La Cruz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHIFernando CruzW 8-1
Apr 24VS PHIJustin WilsonW 7-4
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.292144.3200.54266
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups J.D. Martinez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@SFKeaton WinnL 5-2
Apr 23@SFLogan WebbL 5-1
Apr 24@SFReed GarrettW 2-8
Apr 26VS STLMiles Mikolas
Apr 27VS STLSonny Gray
Apr 28VS STLLance Lynn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Elly De La Cruz
22.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating J.D. Martinez
16.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Elly De La Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 CIN 99 91 13 67 44 34 34 .235 .298 .410 327
2024 CIN 24 26 7 23 18 15 13 .313 .412 .651 131
ON PACE 162 175 47 155 121 101 87 .313 .412 .651 884
3-YEAR AVG 99 91 13 67 44 34 34 .235 .298 .410 327
Career 123 117 20 90 62 49 47 .248 .319 .452
Career J.D. Martinez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 HOU 51 56 6 27 34 0 13 N/A N/A N/A 113
2012 HOU 113 95 11 34 55 0 40 .241 .311 .375 229
2013 HOU 86 74 7 24 36 2 10 .250 .272 .378 145
2014 HOU 114 128 22 55 73 6 29 .316 .361 .560 338
2015 DET 158 168 35 93 102 3 53 .282 .344 .518 474
2016 DET 119 140 22 69 68 1 49 .308 .375 .536 369
2017 DET 119 131 45 85 104 4 53 .303 .376 .690 484
2018 BOS 150 188 43 111 130 5 69 .330 .402 .629 605
2019 BOS 145 173 35 97 103 2 72 .304 .382 .553 523
2020 BOS 55 45 7 22 27 1 22 .209 .286 .381 125
2021 BOS 161 171 31 95 107 0 59 .288 .355 .528 576
2022 BOS 134 137 11 70 54 0 50 .275 .343 .425 383
2023 LAD 125 119 34 62 104 1 36 .269 .321 .570 428
2024 NYM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 2
ON PACE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 13
3-YEAR AVG 140 142 25 76 88 0 48 .278 .341 .507 462
Career 1532 1625 309 844 997 25 555 .297 .362 .525
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