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Josh Jung

Josh Jung

3BTexas Rangers TEX
Marcelo Mayer

Marcelo Mayer

3BBoston Red Sox BOS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Jung over Mayer

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Josh Jung
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Mayer over Jung

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Marcelo Mayer
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Performance Josh Jung
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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
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Marcelo Mayer
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333024.3680.50006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.281036.3030.406012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Jung
OWN
21%
-2.06 compared to last week
START
 
6%
-2.38 compared to last week
OWN/START Marcelo Mayer
OWN
23%
-0.43 compared to last week
START
13%
+3.75 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Jung
34th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Marcelo Mayer
30th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Jung

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 35th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 32nd.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Max Muncy
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off. Either he isn't an every day player or he is coming back from an injury of some sort. I suggest checking out his news page to get a closer look.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 267th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.271
  • Ranked 344th in batting average with 0.200
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 359th with 0.257
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 383rd with 0.265
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 383rd with 0.522
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 528th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 258th in RBI with 19
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 338th in runs scored with 13
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.175, OBP: -0.191, HRs: +6, RBI: +29, Runs: +20, Wlks: +14, Stls: +3,
Breakdown Marcelo Mayer

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 30th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 29th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Max Muncy
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 165th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.311
  • Ranked 245th in batting average with 0.237
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 316th with 0.281
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 159th with 0.430
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 211th with 0.711
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 369th in RBI with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 268th in runs scored with 19
  • 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: +0.237, OBP: +0.281, HRs: +4, RBI: +10, Runs: +19, Wlks: +7, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Jung

No Injury Reported

Injury Marcelo Mayer

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Jung
DateOpponentResult
Jul 18VS DETReese Olson
Jul 19VS DET
Jul 20VS DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273121.2730.54503
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Marcelo Mayer
DateOpponentResult
Jul 18@CHCColin Rea
Jul 19@CHCShota Imanaga
Jul 20@CHC
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Jung
6.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Marcelo Mayer
3.73
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Jung
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 TEX 19 17 5 8 13 1 3 .236 .267 .500 50
2023 TEX 147 147 26 88 78 1 33 .271 .316 .475 436
2024 TEX 50 46 7 19 16 4 8 .264 .299 .425 128
2025 TEX 75 66 8 25 35 4 16 .237 .283 .366 188
ON PACE 125 110 13 41 58 6 26 .237 .283 .366 313
3-YEAR AVG 72 70 13 38 36 2 15 .266 .308 .466 205
Career 291 276 46 140 142 10 60 .258 .301 .440
Career Marcelo Mayer
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 BOS 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 16
2024 BOS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 4
2025 BOS 40 27 4 19 10 0 7 .237 .281 .430 89
ON PACE 66 44 6 31 16 0 11 .237 .281 .430 147
3-YEAR AVG 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 10
Career 60 27 4 19 10 0 7 .237 .281 .430
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