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Nelson Velazquez or Cole Irvin

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

RFKansas City Royals KC
Cole Irvin

Cole Irvin

SPBaltimore Orioles BAL
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Velazquez over Irvin

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nelson Velazquez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Irvin over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Cole Irvin
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Performance Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000002.1110.00006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.118015.2110.147111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Cole Irvin
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000220.971
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.621-000621.082
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
13%
-7.71 compared to last week
START
 
9%
-5.94 compared to last week
OWN/START Cole Irvin
OWN
 
4%
+1.79 compared to last week
START
 
3%
+2.09 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
76th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Cole Irvin
111th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nelson Velazquez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 76th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 74th.
  • 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 412th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.258
  • Ranked 324th in batting average with 0.229
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 331st with 0.296
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 57th with 0.502
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 113th with 0.799
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 503rd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 254th in RBI with 35
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 241st in runs scored with 38
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.018, OBP: +0.015, HRs: -15, RBI: -27, Runs: -24, Wlks: -7, Stls: +1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Cole Irvin

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 111th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 175th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: -3, WHIP: +0.15, ERA: +0.37, K's: -55, Walks: -14
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nelson Velazquez

No Injury Reported

Injury Cole Irvin

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nelson Velazquez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORCole RagansW 2-1
Apr 26@DETSeth LugoW 0-8
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000001.0770.00004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Cole Irvin
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@LAAAlbert SuarezW 2-4
Apr 23@LAAGriffin CanningL 7-4
Apr 24@LAADean KremerW 5-6
Apr 26VS OAKMitch SpenceL 2-3
Apr 27VS OAKJP Sears
Apr 28VS OAKPaul Blackburn
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nelson Velazquez
10.09
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Cole Irvin
10.96
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nelson Velazquez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CHC 70 33 6 17 25 4 16 .198 .272 .365 140
2023 CHC 66 36 17 35 34 0 14 .225 .294 .581 191
2024 KC 22 18 2 11 7 1 7 .243 .309 .378 50
ON PACE 132 108 12 66 42 6 42 .243 .309 .378 300
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 158 87 25 63 66 5 37 .217 .287 .454
Career Cole Irvin
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 PHI 16 . . . 0
2020 PHI 3 . . . 0
2021 OAK 31 . . . 0
2022 OAK 27 . . . 0
2023 BAL 24 . . . 0
2024 BAL 4 . . . 0
ON PACE 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 27 . . . 0
Career 105 . . .
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SEA 09:40 EDT EST Slade Cecconi
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
Ben Brown
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