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Whit Merrifield or Graham Ashcraft

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Graham Ashcraft

Graham Ashcraft

SPCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Ashcraft

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Whit Merrifield
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Owners starting Ashcraft over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Graham Ashcraft
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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
Performance Graham Ashcraft
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.750-000332.501
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100562.112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
 
10%
+1.82 compared to last week
START
 
7%
+2.63 compared to last week
OWN/START Graham Ashcraft
OWN
17%
-9.75 compared to last week
START
 
9%
-12.54 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
60th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Graham Ashcraft
105th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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,
Breakdown Graham Ashcraft

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 98th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 92nd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 95th
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 40th with 3.30
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 63rd with 35
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 51st with 7
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: -7, WHIP: +0.062, ERA: -0.673, K's: -76, Walks: -37
Next Up Health Check
Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Injury Graham Ashcraft

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Graham Ashcraft
DateOpponentResult
May 13@ARIJustin MartinezL 6-5
May 14@ARIHunter GreeneW 2-6
May 15@ARIRyan ThompsonL 2-1
May 16@LADTyler Glasnow
May 17@LADJames Paxton
May 18@LADWalker Buehler
May 19@LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100562.112
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Whit Merrifield
9.09
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Graham Ashcraft
12.28
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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
Career Graham Ashcraft
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2022 CIN 18 101.1 1661 67 25 0 5-5 4.44 1.38 6 173
2023 CIN 26 143.1 2324 111 52 0 7-9 4.83 1.4 7 260
2024 CIN 8 43.2 744 35 15 0 3-2 4.12 1.44 7.2 85
ON PACE 30 163 2802 131 56 0 11-7 4.12 1.44 7.2 319
3-YEAR AVG 22 121 1993 89 39 0 6-7 4.71 1.4 6.6 217
Career 52 286.0 4729 213 92 0 0-0 4.63 1.41 6.7
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ARI vs DET 09:40 EDT EST Ryne Nelson
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ATL vs SD 07:20 EDT EST Max Fried
Matt Waldron
BAL vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
Bryce Miller
BOS @STL 08:15 EDT EST Brayan Bello
Kyle Gibson
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Kyle Hendricks
Paul Skenes
CHW @NYY 07:05 EDT EST Mike Clevinger
Nestor Cortes
CIN @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Frankie Montas
James Paxton
CLE vs MIN 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Simeon Woods Richardson
COL @SF 10:15 EDT EST Ryan Feltner
HOU vs MIL 08:10 EDT EST Hunter Brown
Freddy Peralta
KC vs OAK 07:40 EDT EST Cole Ragans
Alex Wood
LAA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Andrew Heaney
MIA vs NYM 07:10 EDT EST Jesus Luzardo
Christian Scott
PHI vs WAS 06:40 EDT EST Zack Wheeler
Jake Irvin
TB @TOR 07:07 EDT EST
Chris Bassitt
Matchup Time
IND vs NY 8:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS vs FLA 7:00 PM EST
COL vs DAL 10:00 PM EST