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Griffin Canning or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • 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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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Griffin Canning
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.800-000631.401
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.780-100951.852
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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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
.000010.1670.00002
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Griffin Canning
OWN
11%
-1.8 compared to last week
START
 
9%
+0.82 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
14%
-0.88 compared to last week
START
 
3%
-2.33 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Griffin Canning
113th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Griffin Canning

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 114th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 146th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to him now for a discount.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 166th in WHIP with 1.43
  • Currently ranked 158th in ERA with 5.00
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 50th with 56
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: +2, WHIP: +0.194, ERA: +0.83, K's: -60, Walks: +5
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among LF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 85th.
  • The current leader among LF's is Juan Soto
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Ankle (Since Jul 15, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 366th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.277
  • Ranked 374th in batting average with 0.226
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 342nd with 0.298
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 180th with 0.424
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 223rd with 0.721
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 484th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 271st in RBI with 54
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 262nd in runs scored with 58
  • 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: -0.043, OBP: -0.059, HRs: -5, RBI: -27, Runs: -39, Wlks: -41, Stls: -4,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Griffin Canning

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

ANKLE - Since Jul 15, 2024

Melendez is dealing with a left ankle sprain and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in late July.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Griffin Canning
DateOpponentResult
Jul 22@SEALuis GarciaW 1-3
Jul 23@SEAJose SorianoW 1-5
Jul 24@SEAHans CrouseW 1-2
Jul 25VS OAKRoss StriplingL 5-6
Jul 26VS OAKPaul Blackburn
Jul 27VS OAKMitch Spence
Jul 28VS OAKHogan Harris
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.681-2001871.184
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Jul 22VS ARICole RagansW 10-4
Jul 23VS ARIJordan MontgomeryL 2-6
Jul 24VS ARIJoe MantiplyL 6-8
Jul 26VS CHCKyle Hendricks
Jul 27VS CHCShota Imanaga
Jul 28VS CHCJavier Assad
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Griffin Canning
6.59
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
4.86
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 21 108.1 1859 79 41 0 3-10 5.23 1.45 6.6 139
ON PACE 33 171 2923 124 64 0 4-15 5.23 1.45 6.6 218
3-YEAR AVG 19 93 1629 101 32 0 6-6 4.77 1.33 9.6 194
Career 89 443.0 7710 436 160 0 0-0 4.84 1.35 8.9
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 85 51 11 26 29 2 21 .192 .257 .385 192
ON PACE 133 80 17 40 45 3 33 .192 .257 .385 301
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 355 264 43 138 138 8 147 .217 .302 .389
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ARI vs PIT 08:10 EDT EST Brandon Pfaadt
Marco Gonzales
ATL @NYM 04:10 EDT EST Spencer Schwellenbach
Tylor Megill
BAL vs SD 04:05 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Michael King
BOS vs NYY 07:15 EDT EST Kutter Crawford
Marcus Stroman
CHC @KC 07:10 EDT EST Shota Imanaga
Seth Lugo
CHW vs SEA 07:15 EDT EST Erick Fedde
Bryan Woo
CIN @TB 04:10 EDT EST Andrew Abbott
Zack Littell
CLE @PHI 06:05 EDT EST Carlos Carrasco
Tyler Phillips
COL @SF 10:35 EDT EST
Hayden Birdsong
DET vs MIN 06:10 EDT EST Tarik Skubal
Joe Ryan
HOU vs LAD 07:10 EDT EST Ronel Blanco
Justin Wrobleski
LAA vs OAK 09:38 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Mitch Spence
MIA @MIL 07:10 EDT EST
Aaron Civale
STL vs WAS 07:15 EDT EST Kyle Gibson
Jake Irvin
TEX @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Michael Lorenzen
Kevin Gausman
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