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Maikel Garcia or Michael Busch

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Maikel Garcia

Maikel Garcia

3BKansas City Royals KC
Michael Busch

Michael Busch

1BChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Garcia over Busch

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Maikel Garcia
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Busch over Garcia

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Michael Busch
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Performance Maikel Garcia
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.227142.2270.36426
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.245185.2860.377213
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael Busch
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.214014.4760.28606
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.189138.3180.378112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Maikel Garcia
OWN
79%
+7.03 compared to last week
START
69%
+4.2 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Busch
OWN
67%
-6.76 compared to last week
START
39%
-16.48 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Maikel Garcia
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Busch
20th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Maikel Garcia

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 18th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 3rd.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 208th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.304
  • Ranked 203rd in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 311th with 0.302
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 352nd with 0.356
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 345th with 0.658
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 371st with 20
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 98th with 58
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 159th in runs scored with 57
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.035, OBP: -0.04, HRs: +1, RBI: -22, Runs: -38, Wlks: -25, Stls: -13,
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 190th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.309
  • Ranked 326th in batting average with 0.228
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 308th with 0.303
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 144th with 0.444
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 181st with 0.747
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 529th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 364th 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: +0.08, HRs: +5, RBI: +13, Runs: +15, Wlks: +9, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Maikel Garcia

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Busch

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Maikel Garcia
DateOpponentResult
May 13@SEAGeorge KirbyL 6-2
May 14@SEAMichael WachaW 2-4
May 15@SEABryan WooL 4-2
May 17VS OAKCole RagansW 6-2
May 18VS OAKRoss Stripling
May 19VS OAKJP Sears
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.231141.2310.46214
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 PITBailey Falter
May 19VS PITMitch Keller
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211016.4230.31617
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Maikel Garcia
13.52
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Busch
13.76
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Maikel Garcia
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 9 7 0 1 2 0 1 .318 .348 .364 16
2023 KC 124 126 4 59 50 23 38 .273 .324 .359 369
2024 KC 45 43 5 21 28 10 13 .238 .284 .381 159
ON PACE 158 151 17 73 98 35 45 .238 .284 .381 559
3-YEAR AVG 67 67 2 30 26 12 20 .275 .325 .360 193
Career 178 176 9 81 80 33 52 .265 .314 .365
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 44 36 7 24 20 1 17 .250 .327 .465 116
ON PACE 154 126 24 84 70 3 59 .250 .327 .465 408
3-YEAR AVG 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
Career 90 48 9 33 27 2 25 .222 .301 .407
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ARI vs DET 08:10 EDT EST Zac Gallen
Jack Flaherty
ATL vs SD 07:15 EDT EST Bryce Elder
Yu Darvish
BAL vs SEA 04:05 EDT EST
Luis Castillo
BOS @STL 07:15 EDT EST Kutter Crawford
Miles Mikolas
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Shota Imanaga
Bailey Falter
CHW @NYY 01:05 EDT EST Brad Keller
Luis Gil
CIN @LAD 09:10 EDT EST Graham Ashcraft
Walker Buehler
CLE vs MIN 06:10 EDT EST Logan Allen
Bailey Ober
COL @SF 04:05 EDT EST Ty Blach
Kyle Harrison
HOU vs MIL 07:10 EDT EST Justin Verlander
Bryse Wilson
KC vs OAK 07:10 EDT EST Seth Lugo
Ross Stripling
LAA @TEX 07:15 EDT EST Patrick Sandoval
Jose Urena
MIA vs NYM 04:10 EDT EST Braxton Garrett
Luis Severino
PHI vs WAS 06:05 EDT EST Cristopher Sanchez
MacKenzie Gore
TB @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Zach Eflin
Kevin Gausman
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DAL vs OKC 8:00 PM EST
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EDM vs VAN 8:00 PM EST