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Paul Goldschmidt or Nelson Velazquez

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Paul Goldschmidt

Paul Goldschmidt

1BSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

RFKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Goldschmidt over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Velazquez over Goldschmidt

 
 
 
 
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Performance Paul Goldschmidt
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.304136.3600.52216
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.227147.3200.341112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000001.0590.00006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.067004.1760.100011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Goldschmidt
OWN
97%
+0.72 compared to last week
START
88%
+1.47 compared to last week
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
11%
-10.7 compared to last week
START
 
7%
-10.23 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Goldschmidt
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
76th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paul Goldschmidt

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 10th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 23rd.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 177th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.313
  • Ranked 271st in batting average with 0.239
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 137th with 0.339
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 320th with 0.370
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 251st with 0.708
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 451st with 4
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 68th with 55
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 202nd in RBI with 45
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 181st in runs scored with 50
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.061, OBP: -0.06, HRs: -23, RBI: -69, Runs: -77, Wlks: -73, Stls: -10,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Nelson Velazquez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 76th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 83rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 452nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.248
  • Ranked 362nd in batting average with 0.222
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 355th with 0.291
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 84th with 0.486
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 144th with 0.776
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 531st with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 264th in RBI with 35
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 245th in runs scored with 39
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.003, OBP: -0.002, HRs: -15, RBI: -27, Runs: -23, Wlks: -6, Stls: +1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Goldschmidt

No Injury Reported

Injury Nelson Velazquez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Paul Goldschmidt
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@DETKenta Maeda
Apr 30@DETJack Flaherty
May 01@DETReese Olson
May 03VS CHW
May 04VS CHWErick Fedde
May 05VS CHWGarrett Crochet
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nelson Velazquez
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 Paul Goldschmidt
20.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nelson Velazquez
9.96
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Paul Goldschmidt
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 ARI 48 39 10 29 31 4 20 N/A N/A N/A 111
2012 ARI 145 147 20 82 82 18 60 .286 .358 .490 447
2013 ARI 160 182 36 103 125 15 99 .302 .401 .551 617
2014 ARI 104 120 18 74 68 9 58 .307 .396 .550 381
2015 ARI 159 182 33 103 110 21 118 .321 .435 .570 621
2016 ARI 158 172 24 106 95 32 110 .297 .411 .489 583
2017 ARI 155 166 36 117 120 18 94 .297 .404 .563 608
2018 ARI 158 172 33 95 83 7 90 .290 .389 .533 512
2019 STL 170 165 36 102 99 3 80 .260 .344 .479 503
2020 STL 61 64 8 34 26 1 38 .309 .417 .507 184
2021 STL 160 172 31 100 98 12 68 .289 .363 .511 618
2022 STL 145 170 33 98 109 6 72 .321 .404 .581 608
2023 STL 155 159 25 89 80 11 86 .269 .364 .449 537
2024 STL 28 21 2 12 11 1 13 .208 .304 .287 60
ON PACE 162 121 11 69 63 5 75 .208 .304 .287 347
3-YEAR AVG 153 167 30 96 96 10 75 .292 .376 .511 588
Career 1806 1931 345 1144 1137 158 1006 .299 .394 .518
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 25 18 2 12 7 1 8 .222 .292 .346 53
ON PACE 139 100 11 67 39 5 44 .222 .292 .346 296
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 161 87 25 64 66 5 38 .213 .284 .446
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