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Evan Carter or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Evan Carter

Evan Carter

CFTexas Rangers TEX
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Carter over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Evan Carter
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Carter

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Evan Carter
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222232.2630.66706
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.175354.2090.450012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Evan Carter
OWN
96%
-1.91 compared to last week
START
52%
-7.23 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
45%
-20.34 compared to last week
START
37%
-19.56 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Evan Carter
21st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Evan Carter

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 22nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 37th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 118th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.326
  • Ranked 162nd in batting average with 0.261
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 52nd with 0.368
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 44th with 0.521
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 41st with 0.889
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 158th with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 314th in RBI with 28
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 167th in runs scored with 41
  • 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: -0.103, OBP: -0.137, HRs: -1, RBI: -5, Runs: -1, Wlks: -7, Stls: -3,
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.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Evan Carter

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Evan Carter
DateOpponentResult
Apr 30VS WASMacKenzie Gore
May 01VS WASTrevor Williams
May 02VS WASMitchell Parker
May 03@KCBrady Singer
May 04@KCMichael Wacha
May 05@KC
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Evan Carter
14.85
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
12.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Evan Carter
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 TEX 40 36 6 24 18 6 22 .295 .408 .566 142
2024 TEX 26 19 5 17 10 1 11 .213 .311 .461 83
ON PACE 145 106 27 94 55 5 61 .213 .311 .461 463
3-YEAR AVG 40 36 6 24 18 6 22 .295 .408 .566 142
Career 66 55 11 41 28 7 33 .261 .368 .521
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
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