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MJ Melendez or Anthony Rizzo

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
Anthony Rizzo

Anthony Rizzo

1BNew York Yankees NYY
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Rizzo

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Rizzo over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Anthony Rizzo
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Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0710.00005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.097142.1520.194010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Anthony Rizzo
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.458478.4801.04206
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.304489.3470.609012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
46%
-38.3 compared to last week
START
34%
-29.54 compared to last week
OWN/START Anthony Rizzo
OWN
51%
-1.55 compared to last week
START
45%
+18.51 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Anthony Rizzo
26th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 52nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 57th.
  • 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 218th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.304
  • Ranked 243rd in batting average with 0.246
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 200th with 0.324
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 135th with 0.449
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 150th with 0.773
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 363rd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 250th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 229th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.04, OBP: -0.041, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -53, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Anthony Rizzo

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 26th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 318th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.282
  • Ranked 322nd in batting average with 0.230
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 367th with 0.287
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 359th with 0.350
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 367th with 0.637
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 352nd in RBI with 19
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 358th in runs scored with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.033, OBP: +0.013, HRs: -7, RBI: -26, Runs: -30, Wlks: -27, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury Anthony Rizzo

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@TORYariel Rodriguez
Apr 30@TORJose Berrios
May 01@TORChris Bassitt
May 03VS TEXMichael Lorenzen
May 04VS TEXDane Dunning
May 05VS TEXJon Gray
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Anthony Rizzo
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@BALGrayson Rodriguez
Apr 30@BALDean Kremer
May 01@BALCorbin Burnes
May 02@BAL
May 03VS DETCasey Mize
May 04VS DETTarik Skubal
May 05VS DETKenta Maeda
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
12.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Anthony Rizzo
12.96
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 25 16 4 9 12 1 9 .195 .275 .402 69
ON PACE 139 89 22 50 67 5 50 .195 .275 .402 385
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 295 229 36 121 121 7 135 .222 .311 .391
Career Anthony Rizzo
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 SD 49 18 1 9 9 2 21 N/A N/A N/A 28
2012 CHC 87 96 15 44 48 3 27 .285 .342 .463 250
2013 CHC 160 141 23 71 80 6 76 .233 .321 .419 430
2014 CHC 133 138 29 83 72 4 71 .282 .387 .516 431
2015 CHC 160 163 31 94 101 17 78 .278 .383 .512 555
2016 CHC 155 169 32 94 109 3 74 .290 .383 .542 545
2017 CHC 157 156 32 99 109 10 91 .273 .392 .507 564
2018 CHC 154 159 25 74 101 6 70 .281 .374 .468 483
2019 CHC 146 150 27 89 94 4 71 .293 .405 .518 484
2020 CHC 61 44 11 25 24 3 28 .206 .323 .383 144
2021 CHC 141 121 23 74 62 6 52 .247 .344 .448 473
2022 NYY 139 107 34 78 83 7 62 .225 .343 .491 502
2023 NYY 107 91 12 45 41 0 35 .244 .328 .378 272
2024 NYY 29 31 5 15 15 0 8 .277 .341 .446 90
ON PACE 162 173 27 83 83 0 44 .277 .341 .446 502
3-YEAR AVG 129 106 23 66 62 4 50 .239 .339 .444 416
Career 1678 1584 300 894 948 71 764 .268 .369 .477
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