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Willi Castro or Jackson Merrill

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Willi Castro

Willi Castro

SSMinnesota Twins MIN
Jackson Merrill

Jackson Merrill

CFSan Diego Padres SD
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Castro over Merrill

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

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Latest News Willi Castro
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrill over Castro

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jackson Merrill
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Performance Willi Castro
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200123.2310.44017
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.347158.3650.612413
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jackson Merrill
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200121.2500.40006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167144.1840.278012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Willi Castro
OWN
74%
+14.46 compared to last week
START
69%
+12.6 compared to last week
OWN/START Jackson Merrill
OWN
60%
+1.88 compared to last week
START
43%
-0.18 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Willi Castro
42nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jackson Merrill
34th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Willi Castro

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SS 3B CF . However, he plays SS most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 43rd among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.341 and is currently ranked 82nd
  • Ranked 137th in batting average with 0.265
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 110th with 0.347
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 154th with 0.439
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 121st with 0.786
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 140th with 23
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 292nd in RBI with 33
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 191st in runs scored with 48
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.016, OBP: -0.009, HRs: -6, RBI: -21, Runs: -42, Wlks: -27, Stls: -28,
Breakdown Jackson Merrill

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 35th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 27th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 189th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.308
  • Ranked 125th in batting average with 0.268
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 233rd with 0.317
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 338th with 0.362
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 306th with 0.679
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 513th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 435th in RBI with 16
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 466th in runs scored with 16
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.268, OBP: +0.317, HRs: +2, RBI: +16, Runs: +16, Wlks: +10, Stls: +4,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Willi Castro

No Injury Reported

Injury Jackson Merrill

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Willi Castro
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS SEAGriffin JaxW 3-1
May 07VS SEARyne StanekL 6-10
May 08VS SEAChris PaddackW 6-3
May 09VS SEAPablo LopezW 11-1
May 10@TORJoe RyanW 2-3
May 11@TORErik SwansonL 10-8
May 12@TORAlek Manoah
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.238123.2730.52416
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jackson Merrill
DateOpponentResult
May 06@CHCYu DarvishW 3-6
May 07@CHCHector NerisL 3-2
May 08@CHCDylan CeaseW 0-3
May 10VS LADRobert SuarezW 2-1
May 11VS LADJames PaxtonL 0-5
May 12VS LADWalker Buehler
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.256036.3410.282113
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Willi Castro
13.49
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jackson Merrill
7.66
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Willi Castro
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 DET 30 23 1 10 8 0 6 .230 .284 .340 41
2020 DET 36 44 6 21 24 0 7 .344 .377 .547 104
2021 DET 125 89 8 55 35 9 23 .221 .273 .345 289
2022 DET 109 87 8 46 29 8 14 .249 .291 .384 266
2023 MIN 142 95 9 61 35 33 36 .255 .336 .402 376
2024 MIN 39 36 3 19 14 5 9 .273 .329 .462 115
ON PACE 162 149 12 78 58 20 37 .273 .329 .462 476
3-YEAR AVG 125 90 8 54 33 17 24 .241 .300 .376 310
Career 481 374 35 212 145 55 95 .252 .308 .396
Career Jackson Merrill
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 SD 41 34 2 16 16 4 10 .268 .317 .362 114
ON PACE 158 131 7 61 61 15 38 .268 .317 .362 439
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 41 34 2 16 16 4 10 .268 .317 .362
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ARI @BAL 01:35 EDT EST Zac Gallen
Dean Kremer
ATL @NYM 07:10 EDT EST Bryce Elder
Luis Severino
BOS vs WAS 01:35 EDT EST Brayan Bello
MacKenzie Gore
CHC @PIT 01:35 EDT EST Kyle Hendricks
Bailey Falter
CHW vs CLE 02:10 EDT EST Michael Soroka
Logan Allen
CIN @SF 04:05 EDT EST Frankie Montas
Kyle Harrison
COL vs TEX 03:10 EDT EST Ty Blach
Jose Urena
DET vs HOU 01:40 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Justin Verlander
KC @LAA 04:07 EDT EST Seth Lugo
Patrick Sandoval
LAD @SD 04:10 EDT EST Walker Buehler
Yu Darvish
MIA vs PHI 01:40 EDT EST Braxton Garrett
Zack Wheeler
MIL vs STL 02:10 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
Miles Mikolas
MIN @TOR 01:37 EDT EST Bailey Ober
Alek Manoah
NYY @TB 01:40 EDT EST Luis Gil
Tyler Alexander
OAK @SEA 04:10 EDT EST Alex Wood
Luis Castillo
Matchup Time
DEN @MIN 8:00 PM EST
IND vs NY 3:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS vs FLA 6:30 PM EST
EDM vs VAN 9:30 PM EST