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Kevin Gausman or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Kevin Gausman

Kevin Gausman

SPToronto Blue Jays TOR
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Gausman over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kevin Gausman
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Gausman

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Kevin Gausman
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.681-100710.982
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.991-1001341.103
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 Kevin Gausman
OWN
99%
-0.62 compared to last week
START
83%
+14.09 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
47%
-18.43 compared to last week
START
33%
-23.27 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kevin Gausman
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kevin Gausman

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 8th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 139th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • Can't be doing much worse than he is right now. Failing to live up to expectations is one thing, but playing this bad is another.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 98th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 71st with 3.86
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 41st with 37
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 82nd
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -11, L: -7, WHIP: +0.157, ERA: +1.213, K's: -219, Walks: -52
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
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.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Kevin Gausman

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kevin Gausman
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29VS KCJonathan Bowlan
Apr 30VS KCCole Ragans
May 01VS KCSeth Lugo
May 03@WASPatrick Corbin
May 04@WASJake Irvin
May 05@WASMacKenzie Gore
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-100211.291
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
.000000.0000.00003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kevin Gausman
19.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
12.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kevin Gausman
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 BAL 20 45.1 796 49 13 0 3-5 5.96 1.41 9.7 112
2014 BAL 20 113.1 1951 88 38 0 7-7 3.57 1.31 7 250
2015 BAL 25 110.0 1876 103 29 0 4-7 4.34 1.25 8.4 246
2016 BAL 30 177.1 3113 174 47 0 9-12 3.65 1.3 8.8 436
2017 BAL 34 182.0 3357 179 71 0 11-12 4.8 1.53 8.9 405
2018 BAL 31 179.0 3004 148 50 0 10-11 4.02 1.34 7.4 409
2019 ATL 31 100.0 1671 114 32 0 3-9 5.85 1.45 10.3 193
2020 SF 12 59.2 975 79 16 0 3-3 3.77 1.11 11.9 155
2021 SF 34 191.0 2995 225 52 0 13-7 2.87 1.05 10.6 533
2022 TOR 31 174.1 2775 205 28 0 12-9 3.3 1.23 10.6 446
2023 TOR 32 186.2 3142 242 58 0 12-10 3.28 1.2 11.7 510
2024 TOR 6 28.0 491 23 6 0 1-3 4.5 1.36 7.4 42
ON PACE 33 157 2742 128 33 0 5-16 4.5 1.36 7.4 234
3-YEAR AVG 32 184 2971 224 46 0 12-9 3.12 1.15 10.9 496
Career 306 1537.1 26146 1629 440 0 0-0 3.95 1.29 9.5
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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