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Juan Soto or Nelson Velazquez

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Juan Soto

Juan Soto

RFNew York Yankees NYY
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

DHKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Soto over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Velazquez over Soto

 
 
 
 
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Performance Juan Soto
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.321238.4240.60707
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3143912.4000.529013
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.188141.1880.37505
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.243143.2630.351011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Juan Soto
OWN
100%
-0.43 compared to last week
START
100%
+1.83 compared to last week
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
 
4%
-0.43 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-0.17 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Juan Soto
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
91st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Juan Soto

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 2nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 253rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.294
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.290 and is currently ranked 49th
  • Top 10 on base percentage and is currently ranked 8th with 0.402
  • Top 25 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.543
  • Top 20 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 16th with 0.945
  • Top 100 in steals and is currently ranked 100th with 10
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 7th with 90
  • Top 10 in RBI and is currently ranked 8th with 100
  • Top 25 in runs scored and is currently ranked 25th with 86
  • Top 25 in HRs and is currently ranked 22nd with 31
  • 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: +0.041, OBP: +0.005, HRs: -24, RBI: -72, Runs: -62, Wlks: -99, Stls: -8,
Breakdown Nelson Velazquez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF RF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 92nd among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • 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 437th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.259
  • Ranked 389th in batting average with 0.221
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 386th with 0.286
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 103rd with 0.458
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 189th with 0.744
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 611th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 261st in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 235th in runs scored with 45
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.004, OBP: -0.012, HRs: -14, RBI: -22, Runs: -17, Wlks: -5, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Juan Soto

No Injury Reported

Injury Nelson Velazquez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Juan Soto
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS SEAEduard BazardoL 4-5
May 21VS SEABryan Woo
May 22VS SEABryce Miller
May 23VS SEALuis Castillo
May 24@SDYu Darvish
May 25@SDDylan Cease
May 26@SDJoe Musgrove
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500002.6000.50001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nelson Velazquez
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS DETMichael WachaW 8-3
May 21VS DETCasey Mize
May 22VS DETTarik Skubal
May 24@TB
May 25@TBAaron Civale
May 26@TBTaj Bradley
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000001.1250.00003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Juan Soto
25.96
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nelson Velazquez
9.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Juan Soto
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 WAS 115 121 21 76 68 5 79 .294 .407 .512 395
2019 WAS 167 171 39 122 124 13 117 .282 .398 .549 646
2020 WAS 46 52 13 39 37 6 39 .344 .482 .689 216
2021 WAS 151 152 29 108 94 9 138 .311 .461 .539 681
2022 WAS 158 132 26 95 63 7 135 .246 .401 .448 607
2023 SD 162 156 35 97 109 12 132 .275 .410 .519 690
2024 NYY 49 59 11 35 37 4 33 .316 .415 .551 233
ON PACE 162 195 36 115 122 13 109 .316 .415 .551 770
3-YEAR AVG 157 147 30 100 89 9 135 .276 .423 .501 659
Career 848 843 174 572 532 56 673 .286 .418 .525
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 41 29 3 18 12 1 9 .221 .282 .344 82
ON PACE 135 95 9 59 39 3 29 .221 .282 .344 271
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 177 98 26 70 71 5 39 .214 .282 .434
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Matchups

Week 1
ARI @BUF
ATL vs PIT
BAL @KC
CAR @NO
CHI vs TEN
CIN vs NE
CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
DET vs LAR
GB @PHI
HOU @IND
JAC @MIA
LAC vs LV
MIN @NYG
NYJ @SF
TB vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Brandon Pfaadt
Gavin Stone
ATL @CHC 07:40 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Javier Assad
BAL @STL 07:45 EDT EST Kyle Bradish
Lance Lynn
BOS @TB 06:50 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Zack Littell
CHW @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Yusei Kikuchi
CIN vs SD 06:40 EDT EST Andrew Abbott
Joe Musgrove
CLE vs NYM 06:10 EDT EST Carlos Carrasco
Adrian Houser
COL @OAK 09:40 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Aaron Brooks
DET @KC 07:40 EDT EST Casey Mize
Alec Marsh
HOU vs LAA 08:10 EDT EST Cristian Javier
Griffin Canning
MIA vs MIL 06:40 EDT EST Trevor Rogers
Robert Gasser
MIN @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Joe Ryan
Patrick Corbin
NYY vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Bryan Woo
PHI vs TEX 06:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Jon Gray
PIT vs SF 06:40 EDT EST Martin Perez
Logan Webb
Matchup Time
BOS vs IND 8:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
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