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Max Fried or Yordan Alvarez

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Max Fried

Max Fried

SPNew York Yankees NYY
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Fried over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Max Fried
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Fried

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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Performance Max Fried
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.000-000820.831
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.000-0002140.893
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Max Fried
OWN
100%
+0.25 compared to last week
START
71%
-17.19 compared to last week
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
99%
-0.76 compared to last week
START
17%
-0.72 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Max Fried
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Max Fried

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 12th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 3rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Zack Wheeler
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 15 in WHIP and is currently ranked 15th with 0.97
  • ERA is among the best in the league currently ranked 4th with 1.48
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 84th with 15
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 46th with 60
  • He is among the best in wins and is currently ranked 5th with 6
  • Top 15 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 12th with 62.2
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +3, L: -2, WHIP: -0.266, ERA: -2.447, K's: +21, Walks: -5
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 8th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 82nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Hand (Since May 3, 2025). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 382nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.222
  • Ranked 306th in batting average with 0.210
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 232nd with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 274th with 0.340
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 258th with 0.646
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 532nd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 226th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 415th in runs scored with 7
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.055, OBP: -0.037, HRs: -6, RBI: -3, Runs: -19, Wlks: -4, Stls: EVEN,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Max Fried

No Injury Reported

Injury Yordan Alvarez

HAND - Since May 3, 2025

Alvarez is dealing with right hand inflammation and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in late May.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Max Fried
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS TEXWill WarrenW 5-2
May 21VS TEXJacob deGrom
May 22VS TEXNathan Eovaldi
May 23@COLChase Dollander
May 24@COLKyle Freeland
May 25@COLAntonio Senzatela
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
May 19@TBBryan KingW 3-4
May 20@TBManuel RodriguezL 3-2
May 21@TBTaj Bradley
May 22VS SEAEmerson Hancock
May 23VS SEABryan Woo
May 24VS SEALuis Castillo
May 25VS SEA
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250010.5000.25013
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Max Fried
19.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yordan Alvarez
18.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Max Fried
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 ATL 9 26.0 422 22 12 0 1-1 3.81 1.62 7.6 46
2018 ATL 14 33.2 571 44 20 0 1-4 2.94 1.37 11.8 84
2019 ATL 37 167.1 2747 179 50 0 17-6 4.36 1.37 9.6 420
2020 ATL 15 79.2 1252 73 25 0 7-1 2.49 1.14 8.3 211
2021 ATL 33 194.1 2970 187 44 0 16-9 3.15 1.1 8.7 510
2022 ATL 31 190.1 2879 172 33 0 14-8 2.6 1.04 8.1 489
2023 ATL 15 81.2 1339 83 22 0 8-1 2.76 1.2 9.2 236
2024 ATL 30 174.0 2807 168 57 0 11-11 3.52 1.21 8.7 405
2025 NYY 10 62.2 971 60 15 0 6-0 1.44 0.94 8.6 197
ON PACE 34 215 3346 206 51 0 20-0 1.44 0.94 8.6 678
3-YEAR AVG 25 148 2342 141 37 0 11-7 2.95 1.13 8.5 377
Career 194 1000.1 15958 988 278 0 0-0 3.16 1.19 8.9
Career Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 149 172 35 88 86 7 70 .308 .392 .565 627
2025 HOU 29 21 3 7 18 1 16 .210 .306 .340 85
ON PACE 97 70 10 23 60 3 54 .210 .306 .340 286
3-YEAR AVG 142 151 37 92 101 3 75 .302 .401 .589 603
Career 720 753 177 452 518 10 361 .294 .387 .570
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