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Anthony Volpe or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Anthony Volpe

Anthony Volpe

SSNew York Yankees NYY
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Volpe over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Anthony Volpe
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Volpe

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Anthony Volpe
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.190136.3460.38106
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.1762610.3110.314113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.235001.2350.41216
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.121001.1470.212112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Anthony Volpe
OWN
94%
+1.61 compared to last week
START
89%
+2.05 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
34%
-8.01 compared to last week
START
29%
+3.81 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Anthony Volpe
13th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
63rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Anthony Volpe

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 13th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 436th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.256
  • Ranked 410th in batting average with 0.215
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 331st with 0.297
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 292nd with 0.381
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 308th with 0.679
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 343rd with 15
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 85th with 42
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 195th in RBI with 47
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 89th with 55
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.043, OBP: +0.062, HRs: -17, RBI: -44, Runs: -36, Wlks: -33, Stls: -17,
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 63rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 70th.
  • 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 231st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.299
  • Ranked 285th in batting average with 0.238
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 258th with 0.311
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 160th with 0.434
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 187th with 0.745
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 392nd with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 259th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 241st in runs scored with 42
  • 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: -0.053, OBP: -0.072, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -55, Wlks: -53, Stls: -4,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Anthony Volpe

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Anthony Volpe
DateOpponentResult
May 07VS HOULuis GilW 10-3
May 08VS HOUCarlos RodonW 9-4
May 09VS HOURonel Blanco
May 10@TBTaj Bradley
May 11@TBZack Littell
May 12@TB
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.233267.3510.46708
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS MILNick AndersonW 3-2
May 07VS MILJared KoenigL 5-6
May 08VS MILBrady SingerW 6-4
May 09@LAAReid Detmers
May 10@LAAGriffin Canning
May 11@LAATyler Anderson
May 12@LAAPatrick Sandoval
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.125001.1250.37503
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Anthony Volpe
16.91
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
12.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Anthony Volpe
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 NYY 159 113 21 62 60 24 52 .209 .283 .383 421
2024 NYY 37 36 4 26 16 7 19 .252 .345 .385 132
ON PACE 157 153 17 110 68 29 81 .252 .345 .385 562
3-YEAR AVG 159 113 21 62 60 24 52 .209 .283 .383 421
Career 196 149 25 88 76 31 71 .218 .296 .383
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 34 20 4 10 12 2 9 .182 .244 .364 77
ON PACE 144 85 17 42 51 8 38 .182 .244 .364 328
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 304 233 36 122 121 8 135 .220 .307 .387
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