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Austin Riley or Michael Busch

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Austin Riley

Austin Riley

3BAtlanta Braves ATL
Michael Busch

Michael Busch

1BChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Riley over Busch

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Busch over Riley

 
 
 
 
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Performance Austin Riley
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500000.5000.50002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.263004.3640.26307
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael Busch
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250003.4710.33306
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.182127.3410.333112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Austin Riley
OWN
99%
-0.78 compared to last week
START
50%
-48.42 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Busch
OWN
66%
-8.31 compared to last week
START
42%
+0.32 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Austin Riley
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Busch
20th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Austin Riley

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 4th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Side (Since May 12, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 107th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.331
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.281 and is currently ranked 78th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 104th with 0.345
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 43rd with 0.523
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 49th with 0.868
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 467th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 126th in RBI with 75
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 86th with 84
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.036, OBP: -0.025, HRs: -35, RBI: -81, Runs: -96, Wlks: -45, Stls: -3,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
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 15th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 186th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.309
  • Ranked 335th in batting average with 0.228
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 291st with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 146th with 0.444
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 179th with 0.751
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 527th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 366th in RBI with 23
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 309th in runs scored with 27
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.083, OBP: +0.084, HRs: +5, RBI: +13, Runs: +15, Wlks: +10, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Austin Riley

SIDE - Since May 12, 2024

Riley is dealing with a side injury and is uncertain to take the field for the Braves.
Injury Michael Busch

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Austin Riley
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS CHCRay KerrW 2-0
May 14VS CHCChris SaleW 7-0
May 15VS CHCJavier AssadL 1-7
May 17VS SDMatt WaldronL 1-3
May 18VS SD
May 19VS SDYu Darvish
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael Busch
DateOpponentResult
May 13@ATLRay KerrL 2-0
May 14@ATLChris SaleL 7-0
May 15@ATLJavier AssadW 1-7
May 16VS PITJared JonesL 4-5
May 17VS PITPaul SkenesL 3-9
May 18VS PITHector NerisW 1-0
May 19VS PITMitch Keller
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211016.4440.31618
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Austin Riley
21.20
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Busch
13.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Austin Riley
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 ATL 80 62 18 41 49 0 16 .226 .279 .471 181
2020 ATL 63 53 9 28 31 0 19 .227 .290 .382 134
2021 ATL 178 196 35 96 115 0 55 .302 .363 .527 594
2022 ATL 154 159 36 87 91 2 54 .266 .341 .518 535
2023 ATL 163 185 39 119 100 3 59 .283 .346 .522 610
2024 ATL 38 36 3 22 18 0 14 .245 .319 .388 110
ON PACE 150 142 11 86 71 0 55 .245 .319 .388 434
3-YEAR AVG 165 180 37 101 102 2 56 .284 .350 .522 580
Career 676 691 140 393 404 5 217 .271 .336 .496
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 45 36 7 24 20 1 18 .250 .331 .465 118
ON PACE 155 124 24 82 68 3 62 .250 .331 .465 406
3-YEAR AVG 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
Career 91 48 9 33 27 2 26 .222 .304 .407
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ARI vs DET 04:10 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Matt Manning
ATL vs SD 07:10 EDT EST Bryce Elder
Yu Darvish
BAL vs SEA 01:35 EDT EST Corbin Burnes
George Kirby
BOS @STL 01:05 EDT EST Nick Pivetta
Matthew Liberatore
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Mitch Keller
CHW @NYY 01:35 EDT EST Chris Flexen
Carlos Rodon
CIN @LAD 04:10 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
CLE vs MIN 01:40 EDT EST Tanner Bibee
Chris Paddack
COL @SF 04:05 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Jordan Hicks
HOU vs MIL 02:10 EDT EST Spencer Arrighetti
Colin Rea
KC vs OAK 02:10 EDT EST Brady Singer
JP Sears
LAA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Michael Lorenzen
MIA vs NYM 01:40 EDT EST Sixto Sanchez
Sean Manaea
PHI vs WAS 01:35 EDT EST Aaron Nola
Trevor Williams
TB @TOR 01:37 EDT EST Aaron Civale
Alek Manoah
Matchup Time
DEN vs MIN 8:00 PM EST
IND @NY 3:30 PM EST
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