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Merrill Kelly or Nico Hoerner

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Merrill Kelly

Merrill Kelly

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
Nico Hoerner

Nico Hoerner

2BChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kelly over Hoerner

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Merrill Kelly
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hoerner over Kelly

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nico Hoerner
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Performance Merrill Kelly
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.800-000521.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nico Hoerner
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.259012.2590.29616
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.356069.3670.492113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Merrill Kelly
OWN
97%
-0.88 compared to last week
START
17%
-55.19 compared to last week
OWN/START Nico Hoerner
OWN
97%
+2.79 compared to last week
START
94%
+25.45 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Merrill Kelly
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nico Hoerner
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Merrill Kelly

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 56th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 57th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 41st with 1.14
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 29th with 3.00
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 10th with 46
  • Top 35 in wins and is currently ranked 32nd with 8
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -11, L: -8, WHIP: -0.248, ERA: -1.098, K's: -171, Walks: -65
Breakdown Nico Hoerner

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 6th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Jose Altuve
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 176th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.314
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.280 and is currently ranked 86th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 73rd with 0.357
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 326th with 0.367
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 223rd with 0.724
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 235th with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 277th in RBI with 33
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 53rd with 70
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.012, OBP: +0.003, HRs: -9, RBI: -61, Runs: -80, Wlks: -39, Stls: -41,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Merrill Kelly

SHOULDER - Since Apr 21, 2024

Kelly is dealing with a right shoulder strain and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to miss at least one month.
Injury Nico Hoerner

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Merrill Kelly
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29VS LADJames Paxton
Apr 30VS LADLandon Knack
May 01VS LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
May 03VS SDDylan Cease
May 04VS SDMichael King
May 05VS SDMatt Waldron
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nico Hoerner
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@NYMLuis Severino
Apr 30@NYMSean Manaea
May 01@NYMJose Butto
May 02@NYMAdrian Houser
May 03VS MILJoe Ross
May 04VS MIL
May 05VS MILBryse Wilson
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Merrill Kelly
16.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nico Hoerner
17.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Merrill Kelly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 ARI 32 181.0 2962 158 57 0 13-14 4.48 1.33 7.9 377
2020 ARI 5 31.1 473 29 5 0 3-2 2.59 0.99 8.3 85
2021 ARI 27 158.0 2425 130 41 0 7-11 4.44 1.29 7.4 276
2022 ARI 32 195.0 2988 170 59 0 13-8 3.42 1.14 7.9 450
2023 ARI 34 199.1 3161 215 77 0 15-9 3.3 1.16 9.7 519
2024 ARI 4 24.2 361 21 6 0 2-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 72
ON PACE 22 136 2016 117 33 0 11-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 401
3-YEAR AVG 31 184 2858 172 59 0 12-9 3.65 1.18 8.4 415
Career 134 787.0 12370 723 245 0 0-0 3.77 1.21 8.3
Career Nico Hoerner
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 CHC 20 22 3 13 17 0 3 .282 .305 .436 62
2020 CHC 49 23 0 18 13 3 12 .207 .302 .243 63
2021 CHC 45 44 0 13 16 5 17 .301 .383 .370 130
2022 CHC 130 128 8 53 49 18 26 .282 .328 .403 421
2023 CHC 151 176 9 98 68 42 49 .284 .347 .384 605
2024 CHC 27 28 0 18 7 1 10 .272 .350 .359 90
ON PACE 156 162 0 104 40 5 57 .272 .350 .359 520
3-YEAR AVG 109 116 6 55 44 22 31 .285 .345 .390 385
Career 422 421 20 213 170 69 117 .279 .340 .379
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