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Griffin Canning or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Griffin Canning

Griffin Canning

SPLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Canning over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Griffin Canning
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Canning

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Griffin Canning
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.401-000421.401
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.461-100831.192
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0770.00004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.088142.1390.176010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Griffin Canning
OWN
12%
-2.19 compared to last week
START
 
8%
+0.4 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
51%
-10.29 compared to last week
START
30%
-20.43 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Griffin Canning
106th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Griffin Canning

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 107th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 301st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • 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 147th in WHIP with 1.44
  • Currently ranked 156th in ERA with 5.49
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -6, L: -5, WHIP: +0.284, ERA: +3.08, K's: -119, Walks: -29
  • 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 50th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 211th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.304
  • Ranked 234th in batting average with 0.246
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 191st with 0.324
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 131st with 0.450
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 147th with 0.775
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 354th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 226th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 228th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.037, OBP: -0.038, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -53, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Griffin Canning

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Griffin Canning
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29VS PHICristopher Sanchez
Apr 30VS PHIZack Wheeler
May 01VS PHIAaron Nola
May 03@CLETanner Bibee
May 04@CLEBen Lively
May 05@CLECarlos Carrasco
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@TORYariel Rodriguez
Apr 30@TORJose Berrios
May 01@TORChris Bassitt
May 03VS TEXMichael Lorenzen
May 04VS TEXDane Dunning
May 05VS TEXJon Gray
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Griffin Canning
12.72
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.24
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Griffin Canning
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 LAA 18 90.1 1552 96 30 0 5-6 4.58 1.22 9.6 196
2020 LAA 12 58.0 1042 60 25 0 2-3 4.5 1.43 9.3 118
2021 LAA 14 64.0 1080 62 28 0 5-4 5.48 1.45 8.7 116
2023 LAA 24 124.2 2177 139 36 0 7-8 4.4 1.25 10 273
2024 LAA 5 24.0 426 20 7 0 1-3 7.5 1.54 7.5 20
ON PACE 30 144 2556 120 42 0 6-18 7.5 1.54 7.5 117
3-YEAR AVG 19 93 1629 101 32 0 6-6 4.77 1.33 9.6 194
Career 73 358.2 6277 377 126 0 0-0 4.89 1.34 9.5
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 24 16 4 9 12 1 9 .198 .278 .407 69
ON PACE 138 92 23 52 69 5 52 .198 .278 .407 399
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 294 229 36 121 121 7 135 .222 .311 .391
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