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Nico Hoerner or Byron Buxton

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Nico Hoerner

Nico Hoerner

2BChicago Cubs CHC
Byron Buxton

Byron Buxton

CFMinnesota Twins MIN
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hoerner over Buxton

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nico Hoerner
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Buxton over Hoerner

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Byron Buxton
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Performance Nico Hoerner
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.364033.3640.45517
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.375078.3790.518113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Byron Buxton
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.381123.4090.61906
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.268165.2790.488013
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nico Hoerner
OWN
98%
+5.08 compared to last week
START
95%
+6.99 compared to last week
OWN/START Byron Buxton
OWN
43%
+1.08 compared to last week
START
33%
+6.12 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nico Hoerner
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Byron Buxton
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 7th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 143rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.320
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 70th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 61st with 0.363
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 308th with 0.374
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 206th with 0.737
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 218th with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 268th in RBI with 33
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 43rd with 69
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.005, OBP: +0.028, HRs: -9, RBI: -61, Runs: -81, Wlks: -39, Stls: -41,
Breakdown Byron Buxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 36th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 89th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Julio Rodriguez
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 172nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.312
  • Ranked 366th in batting average with 0.221
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 450th with 0.264
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 253rd with 0.396
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 326th with 0.660
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 602nd with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 360th in RBI with 22
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 410th in runs scored with 18
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.037, OBP: -0.018, HRs: -16, RBI: -31, Runs: -42, Wlks: -34, Stls: -9,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nico Hoerner

No Injury Reported

Injury Byron Buxton

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nico Hoerner
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS HOUJordan WicksW 7-2
Apr 24VS HOUJameson TaillonW 4-3
Apr 25VS HOUHayden WesneskiW 3-1
Apr 26@BOSShota ImanagaW 1-7
Apr 27@BOSJosh Winckowski
Apr 28@BOSTanner Houck
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.316011.3160.36814
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Byron Buxton
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWJoe RyanW 6-3
Apr 25VS CHWCole SandsW 6-3
Apr 26@LAABailey OberW 3-5
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.385122.4290.69204
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nico Hoerner
17.93
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Byron Buxton
13.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 25 27 0 17 7 1 10 .284 .367 .379 86
ON PACE 155 168 0 105 43 6 62 .284 .367 .379 535
3-YEAR AVG 109 116 6 55 44 22 31 .285 .345 .390 385
Career 420 420 20 212 170 69 117 .279 .341 .381
Career Byron Buxton
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 46 27 2 16 6 2 6 .209 .250 .326 52
2016 MIN 92 67 10 44 38 10 23 .225 .284 .430 194
2017 MIN 140 117 16 69 51 29 38 .253 .314 .413 332
2018 MIN 28 14 0 8 4 5 3 .156 .183 .200 29
2019 MIN 87 71 10 48 46 15 19 .262 .314 .513 248
2020 MIN 41 33 13 19 27 3 2 .254 .267 .577 110
2021 MIN 60 69 18 47 30 9 13 .307 .361 .644 253
2022 MIN 93 76 28 61 51 6 34 .224 .306 .526 314
2023 MIN 97 63 17 49 42 9 35 .207 .293 .436 265
2024 MIN 24 20 1 7 11 0 1 .244 .276 .390 46
ON PACE 155 129 6 45 71 0 6 .244 .276 .390 298
3-YEAR AVG 83 69 21 52 41 8 27 .239 .315 .525 277
Career 708 557 115 368 306 88 174 .239 .299 .464
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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