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MJ Melendez or Josh Bell

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

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
Josh Bell

Josh Bell

1BMiami Marlins MIA
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Bell

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bell over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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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
.086142.1350.171011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Bell
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.087011.1600.08706
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143136.2220.224013
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
46%
-19.07 compared to last week
START
35%
-21.95 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Bell
OWN
29%
-2.59 compared to last week
START
16%
-2.62 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Bell
30th
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 375th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 247th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 231st 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 Josh Bell

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B DH . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 30th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 350th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.276
  • Ranked 242nd in batting average with 0.246
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 232nd with 0.317
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 194th with 0.418
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 205th with 0.735
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 188th in RBI with 47
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 139th in runs scored with 51
  • 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: -0.074, OBP: -0.057, HRs: -19, RBI: -65, Runs: -38, Wlks: -51, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Bell

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 Josh Bell
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29VS WASJake Irvin
Apr 30VS COLRyan Feltner
May 01VS COL
May 02VS COLDakota Hudson
May 03@OAKJP Sears
May 04@OAKPaul Blackburn
May 05@OAKJoe Boyle
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.154001.2140.15403
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
12.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Bell
12.90
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 Josh Bell
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2010 BAL 53 34 3 15 12 0 2 N/A N/A N/A 23
2011 BAL 26 10 0 6 6 0 4 N/A N/A N/A 1
2012 ARI 21 9 1 3 4 0 4 .173 .232 .269 18
2016 PIT 44 35 3 18 18 0 21 .276 .373 .409 100
2017 PIT 159 140 26 75 90 2 66 .255 .334 .466 433
2018 PIT 148 131 12 74 62 2 77 .261 .357 .411 371
2019 PIT 143 145 37 94 116 0 74 .275 .365 .567 524
2020 PIT 57 44 8 22 22 0 23 .229 .312 .370 110
2021 WAS 143 126 27 72 86 0 62 .262 .347 .480 493
2022 WAS 157 153 19 80 74 0 74 .274 .360 .440 524
2023 CLE 153 139 22 53 75 0 63 .250 .327 .423 444
2024 MIA 29 19 3 15 10 0 12 .176 .270 .287 74
ON PACE 162 106 16 83 55 0 67 .176 .270 .287 413
3-YEAR AVG 151 139 23 68 78 0 66 .262 .345 .446 487
Career 1133 985 161 527 575 4 482 .270 .355 .449
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