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Nelson Velazquez or Maikel Garcia

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

DHKansas City Royals KC
Maikel Garcia

Maikel Garcia

3BKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Velazquez over Garcia

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nelson Velazquez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Garcia over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Maikel Garcia
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Performance Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.100002.1820.20004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.080014.1790.160010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Maikel Garcia
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.261022.3330.30416
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.340076.4040.400413
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
 
7%
-3.38 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-1.17 compared to last week
OWN/START Maikel Garcia
OWN
76%
+7.86 compared to last week
START
72%
+9.54 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
85th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Maikel Garcia
19th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 85th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 11th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • Super human effort in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 459th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.246
  • Ranked 376th in batting average with 0.220
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 365th with 0.289
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 85th with 0.480
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 147th with 0.768
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 538th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 265th in RBI with 36
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 240th in runs scored with 41
  • 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: -0.008, OBP: -0.007, HRs: -15, RBI: -26, Runs: -21, Wlks: -6, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Maikel Garcia

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 19th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 5th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Alec Bohm
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 205th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.305
  • Ranked 206th in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 311th with 0.302
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 355th with 0.352
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 343rd with 0.654
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 369th with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 118th in RBI with 50
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 170th in runs scored with 52
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.041, OBP: -0.046, HRs: EVEN, RBI: -30, Runs: -43, Wlks: -28, Stls: -15,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nelson Velazquez

No Injury Reported

Injury Maikel Garcia

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nelson Velazquez
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS MILNick AndersonW 3-2
May 07VS MILColin Rea
May 08VS MILJoe Ross
May 09@LAAReid Detmers
May 10@LAAGriffin Canning
May 11@LAATyler Anderson
May 12@LAAPatrick Sandoval
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Maikel Garcia
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS MILNick AndersonW 3-2
May 07VS MILColin Rea
May 08VS MILJoe Ross
May 09@LAAReid Detmers
May 10@LAAGriffin Canning
May 11@LAATyler Anderson
May 12@LAAPatrick Sandoval
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500020.7500.50001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nelson Velazquez
10.02
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Maikel Garcia
14.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 29 20 2 14 8 1 8 .215 .284 .344 62
ON PACE 130 90 9 63 36 4 36 .215 .284 .344 279
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 165 89 25 66 67 5 38 .212 .283 .443
Career Maikel Garcia
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 9 7 0 1 2 0 1 .318 .348 .364 16
2023 KC 124 126 4 59 50 23 38 .273 .324 .359 369
2024 KC 34 32 4 16 20 8 10 .232 .278 .377 119
ON PACE 153 144 18 72 90 36 45 .232 .278 .377 535
3-YEAR AVG 67 67 2 30 26 12 20 .275 .325 .360 193
Career 167 165 8 76 72 31 49 .265 .314 .363
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