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George Springer or Nelson Velazquez

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
George Springer

George Springer

RFToronto Blue Jays TOR
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

DHKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Springer over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News George Springer
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Velazquez over Springer

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nelson Velazquez
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Performance George Springer
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.227365.2610.68216
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.257366.2780.60019
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START George Springer
OWN
92%
+3.77 compared to last week
START
88%
+8.99 compared to last week
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
 
2%
-1 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.28 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus George Springer
30th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown George Springer

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: RF DH . However, he plays RF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 31st among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 22nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 452nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.262
  • Ranked 329th in batting average with 0.233
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 255th with 0.312
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 309th with 0.384
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 291st with 0.696
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 350th with 17
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 91st with 71
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 185th in RBI with 77
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 130th in runs scored with 86
  • 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: -0.032, OBP: -0.019, HRs: -8, RBI: -32, Runs: -39, Wlks: -20, Stls: -10,
Breakdown Nelson Velazquez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF RF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 565th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.224
  • Ranked 479th in batting average with 0.208
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 447th with 0.280
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 120th with 0.446
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 214th with 0.726
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 546th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 264th in RBI with 55
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 260th in runs scored with 58
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.025, OBP: -0.02, HRs: -9, RBI: -7, Runs: -4, Wlks: +5, Stls: +2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury George Springer

No Injury Reported

Injury Nelson Velazquez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups George Springer
DateOpponentResult
Jul 23VS TBTyler AlexanderL 2-4
Jul 24VS TBGenesis CabreraW 6-3
Jul 25VS TBTaj BradleyL 0-13
Jul 26VS TEXAndrew Heaney
Jul 27VS TEXMichael Lorenzen
Jul 28VS TEXJon Gray
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.139248.2440.333110
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nelson Velazquez
DateOpponentResult
Jul 22VS ARICole RagansW 10-4
Jul 23VS ARIJordan MontgomeryL 2-6
Jul 24VS ARIJoe MantiplyL 6-8
Jul 26VS CHCKyle Hendricks
Jul 27VS CHCShota Imanaga
Jul 28VS CHCJavier Assad
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating George Springer
10.30
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nelson Velazquez
15.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career George Springer
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2014 HOU 71 61 17 39 46 5 38 .231 .345 .462 206
2015 HOU 102 107 16 59 42 16 50 .276 .367 .459 307
2016 HOU 162 168 29 116 82 9 88 .261 .359 .457 509
2017 HOU 140 155 34 112 85 5 64 .283 .367 .522 502
2018 HOU 140 144 22 102 71 6 64 .265 .346 .434 424
2019 HOU 140 154 43 107 104 10 79 .279 .373 .567 557
2020 HOU 64 63 16 45 38 1 26 .256 .339 .504 210
2021 TOR 79 79 22 59 50 4 36 .271 .357 .568 321
2022 TOR 126 129 24 84 71 13 50 .268 .344 .475 489
2023 TOR 157 159 21 87 72 20 60 .256 .325 .400 540
2024 TOR 97 78 13 48 40 10 40 .224 .306 .385 308
ON PACE 152 122 20 75 62 15 62 .224 .306 .385 484
3-YEAR AVG 121 122 22 77 64 12 49 .263 .338 .461 450
Career 1278 1297 257 858 701 99 595 .263 .349 .473
Career Nelson Velazquez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CHC 70 33 6 17 25 4 16 .198 .272 .365 140
2023 CHC 66 36 17 35 34 0 14 .225 .294 .581 191
2024 KC 65 41 8 31 27 2 19 .200 .274 .366 160
ON PACE 102 64 12 48 42 3 29 .200 .274 .366 251
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 201 110 31 83 86 6 49 .207 .279 .430
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