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Ezequiel Tovar or Whit Merrifield

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Ezequiel Tovar

Ezequiel Tovar

SSColorado Rockies COL
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Tovar over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Tovar

 
 
 
 
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Performance Ezequiel Tovar
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.355255.3330.74217
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.283255.2860.509212
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.048003.2000.09505
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.118124.2310.23519
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ezequiel Tovar
OWN
59%
-0.54 compared to last week
START
41%
-11.05 compared to last week
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
 
7%
-0.63 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+2.2 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ezequiel Tovar
24th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
60th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ezequiel Tovar

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 25th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 115th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.329
  • Ranked 209th in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 408th with 0.282
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 234th with 0.401
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 298th with 0.683
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 366th with 11
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 203rd in RBI with 49
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 174th in runs scored with 57
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.022, OBP: +0.022, HRs: -10, RBI: -56, Runs: -61, Wlks: -17, Stls: -7,
Breakdown Whit Merrifield

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF 2B 3B . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 61st among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 23rd.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Marcus Semien
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 442nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.257
  • Ranked 262nd in batting average with 0.242
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 389th with 0.285
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 307th with 0.376
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 344th with 0.661
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 404th with 12
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 252nd in RBI with 41
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 239th in runs scored with 44
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.097, OBP: -0.071, HRs: -9, RBI: -63, Runs: -56, Wlks: -29, Stls: -22,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ezequiel Tovar

No Injury Reported

Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ezequiel Tovar
DateOpponentResult
May 13@SDDakota HudsonW 4-5
May 14@SDCal QuantrillW 3-6
May 15@SDAustin GomberW 0-8
May 17@SF
May 18@SFKyle Harrison
May 19@SFJordan Hicks
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.341145.3700.561110
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
May 13@NYMOrion KerkeringW 4-5
May 14@NYMAaron NolaW 0-4
May 15VS NYMRanger SuarezW 10-5
May 16VS NYMJose Quintana
May 17VS WASJake Irvin
May 18VS WASMacKenzie Gore
May 19VS WASTrevor Williams
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.091001.2310.09114
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ezequiel Tovar
13.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Whit Merrifield
9.09
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ezequiel Tovar
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 COL 7 4 0 0 1 0 2 .154 .214 .192 7
2023 COL 155 147 15 79 73 11 25 .253 .286 .408 425
2024 COL 42 47 5 18 17 4 8 .275 .308 .439 111
ON PACE 158 177 18 67 64 15 30 .275 .308 .439 418
3-YEAR AVG 81 76 8 40 37 6 14 .249 .283 .399 216
Career 204 198 20 97 91 15 35 .254 .289 .407
Career Whit Merrifield
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 KC 81 88 2 44 29 8 19 .283 .323 .392 194
2017 KC 145 169 19 80 78 34 29 .288 .324 .460 481
2018 KC 158 192 12 88 60 45 61 .304 .367 .438 519
2019 KC 160 204 16 105 73 20 45 .304 .350 .466 513
2020 KC 60 71 9 38 31 12 12 .286 .328 .444 199
2021 KC 161 179 10 95 73 39 40 .275 .316 .394 604
2022 KC 135 121 11 70 58 16 37 .250 .300 .378 435
2023 TOR 154 149 11 66 67 26 37 .272 .318 .381 484
2024 PHI 27 14 2 10 4 4 8 .175 .247 .288 71
ON PACE 99 51 7 36 14 14 29 .175 .247 .288 261
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1081 1187 92 596 473 204 288 .282 .329 .419
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