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Michael Busch or Marcell Ozuna

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Michael Busch

Michael Busch

1BChicago Cubs CHC
Marcell Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

DHAtlanta Braves ATL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Busch over Ozuna

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Michael Busch
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ozuna over Busch

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Marcell Ozuna
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Performance Michael Busch
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167003.4440.25005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.207127.3950.379111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Marcell Ozuna
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.318233.3600.68206
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3904106.4690.756012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Busch
OWN
57%
-12.73 compared to last week
START
31%
-13.27 compared to last week
OWN/START Marcell Ozuna
OWN
100%
+1.95 compared to last week
START
94%
+0.26 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Busch
20th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Marcell Ozuna
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Michael Busch

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 20th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 205th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.306
  • Ranked 363rd in batting average with 0.224
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 301st with 0.305
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 155th with 0.437
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 188th with 0.742
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 559th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 388th in RBI with 23
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 331st in runs scored with 27
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.078, OBP: +0.082, HRs: +5, RBI: +13, Runs: +15, Wlks: +11, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown Marcell Ozuna

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 7th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 2nd.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.334 and is currently ranked 90th
  • Top 25 in batting average with 0.303 and is currently ranked 25th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 30th with 0.375
  • Top 10 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 7th with 0.616
  • Top 10 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 7th with 0.991
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 73rd with 52
  • He drives in a lot of runs and is currently ranked 2nd with 105
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 66th with 77
  • He's got a lot of power and is currently ranked 5th in HRs with 38
  • 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: +0.055, OBP: +0.059, HRs: -26, RBI: -58, Runs: -57, Wlks: -37, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Busch

No Injury Reported

Injury Marcell Ozuna

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Busch
DateOpponentResult
May 21VS ATLCharlie Morton
May 22VS ATLMax Fried
May 23VS ATL
May 24@STLMiles Mikolas
May 25@STLMatthew Liberatore
May 26@STLSonny Gray
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333002.4290.33302
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Marcell Ozuna
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS SDJhony BritoL 5-6
May 20VS SDChris SaleW 3-0
May 21@CHCJavier Assad
May 22@CHCJustin Steele
May 23@CHCKyle Hendricks
May 24@PITBailey Falter
May 25@PITMitch Keller
May 26@PITMartin Perez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333233.4140.66707
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Busch
13.23
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Marcell Ozuna
24.34
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Michael Busch
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 LAD 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
2024 CHC 46 36 7 24 20 1 19 .245 .329 .456 118
ON PACE 155 121 23 81 67 3 64 .245 .329 .456 398
3-YEAR AVG 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
Career 92 48 9 33 27 2 27 .219 .303 .402
Career Marcell Ozuna
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2013 MIA 70 73 3 31 32 5 13 .265 .303 .389 165
2014 MIA 140 134 21 65 76 3 39 .260 .309 .447 342
2015 MIA 123 119 10 47 44 2 30 .259 .308 .383 246
2016 MIA 148 148 23 75 76 0 43 .266 .321 .452 389
2017 MIA 159 189 37 93 124 1 64 .308 .373 .545 545
2018 STL 148 163 23 69 88 4 38 .280 .325 .433 400
2019 STL 139 130 31 86 94 12 63 .249 .332 .483 456
2020 ATL 72 89 21 46 67 0 40 .319 .403 .606 285
2021 ATL 48 40 7 21 26 0 19 .213 .288 .356 135
2022 ATL 124 100 22 54 52 2 31 .216 .265 .392 323
2023 ATL 153 148 40 85 101 0 59 .273 .346 .552 560
2024 ATL 44 53 14 27 43 0 21 .327 .405 .642 197
ON PACE 162 195 51 99 158 0 77 .327 .405 .642 725
3-YEAR AVG 108 96 23 53 60 1 36 .241 .306 .459 339
Career 1368 1386 252 699 823 29 460 .269 .330 .470
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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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