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Dansby Swanson or Merrill Kelly

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Dansby Swanson

Dansby Swanson

SSChicago Cubs CHC
Merrill Kelly

Merrill Kelly

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Swanson over Kelly

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Dansby Swanson
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kelly over Swanson

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Merrill Kelly
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Performance Dansby Swanson
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167134.2500.33316
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2271410.2770.341212
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dansby Swanson
OWN
91%
-5.05 compared to last week
START
81%
-2.98 compared to last week
OWN/START Merrill Kelly
OWN
95%
-3.84 compared to last week
START
21%
-45.25 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dansby Swanson
14th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Merrill Kelly
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dansby Swanson

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 15th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • 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

  • Ranked 326th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.278
  • Ranked 316th in batting average with 0.231
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 268th with 0.309
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 182nd with 0.424
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 212th with 0.733
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 295th with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 141st in RBI with 56
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 71st with 59
  • 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: -0.008, OBP: -0.018, HRs: -19, RBI: -69, Runs: -65, Wlks: -57, Stls: -6,
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 41st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 42nd with 1.14
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 32nd with 3.00
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 9th with 46
  • Top 100 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 98th with 138
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 36th with 8
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 93rd with 129.0
  • 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
Next Up Health Check
Injury Dansby Swanson

No Injury Reported

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.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dansby Swanson
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS HOUJordan WicksW 7-2
Apr 24VS HOUJameson TaillonW 4-3
Apr 25VS HOUHayden WesneskiW 3-1
Apr 26@BOSKutter Crawford
Apr 27@BOSJosh Winckowski
Apr 28@BOSTanner Houck
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273134.3330.54513
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Merrill Kelly
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLTommy HenryW 1-14
Apr 24@STLKyle GibsonL 5-1
Apr 26@SEAEmerson Hancock
Apr 27@SEAGeorge Kirby
Apr 28@SEALogan Gilbert
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Dansby Swanson
19.91
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Merrill Kelly
16.65
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Dansby Swanson
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 ATL 38 39 3 20 17 3 13 .302 .361 .442 96
2017 ATL 144 112 6 59 51 3 59 .230 .310 .322 272
2018 ATL 136 114 14 51 59 10 44 .238 .304 .395 302
2019 ATL 132 128 17 80 67 10 52 .255 .329 .427 368
2020 ATL 72 77 13 55 44 7 27 .273 .343 .479 231
2021 ATL 178 158 29 84 92 10 54 .246 .306 .441 531
2022 ATL 156 169 21 97 89 19 46 .272 .323 .428 511
2023 CHC 151 138 22 81 80 9 66 .244 .328 .416 477
2024 CHC 25 21 3 16 11 3 9 .236 .310 .393 75
ON PACE 162 136 19 103 71 19 58 .236 .310 .393 486
3-YEAR AVG 162 155 24 87 87 13 55 .255 .319 .429 506
Career 1032 956 128 543 510 74 370 .252 .320 .414
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 24 151 2249 130 37 0 12-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 447
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
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SEA 09:40 EDT EST
George Kirby
ATL vs CLE 07:20 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Tanner Bibee
BAL vs OAK 04:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
JP Sears
BOS vs CHC 04:10 EDT EST Josh Winckowski
CHW vs TB 07:10 EDT EST Jonathan Cannon
Aaron Civale
CIN @TEX 04:05 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Michael Lorenzen
COL vs HOU 06:05 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Ronel Blanco
DET vs KC 06:10 EDT EST Casey Mize
Brady Singer
LAA vs MIN 09:38 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Chris Paddack
LAD @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Tyler Glasnow
Yusei Kikuchi
MIA vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST Edward Cabrera
Mitchell Parker
MIL vs NYY 07:10 EDT EST Joe Ross
Carlos Rodon
NYM vs STL 04:05 EDT EST Adrian Houser
Sonny Gray
PHI @SD 08:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Dylan Cease
PIT @SF 09:05 EDT EST Martin Perez
Jordan Hicks
Matchup Time
BOS @MIA 6:00 PM EST
CLE @ORL 1:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 8:30 PM EST
NO vs OKC 3:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @TOR 8:00 PM EST
CAR @NYI 2:00 PM EST
DAL @VGK 10:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 5:00 PM EST