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Ryan Jeffers or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Ryan Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

CMinnesota Twins MIN
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Jeffers over Melendez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Ryan Jeffers
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Jeffers

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Ryan Jeffers
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.095112.2080.23806
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.184486.2730.526011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167002.2110.27805
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.189003.2110.351011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ryan Jeffers
OWN
95%
-1.28 compared to last week
START
91%
+1.75 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
23%
-7.48 compared to last week
START
14%
-4.91 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ryan Jeffers
10th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
70th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ryan Jeffers

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: C DH . However, he plays C most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 11th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 5th.
  • The current leader among C's is William Contreras
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 202nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.307
  • Ranked 116th in batting average with 0.269
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 69th with 0.355
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 36th with 0.528
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 39th with 0.883
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 245th with 4
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 82nd with 63
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 162nd in runs scored with 53
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 54th with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.006, OBP: -0.013, HRs: -4, RBI: -13, Runs: -24, Wlks: -24, Stls: -2,
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 71st among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 84th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 242nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.295
  • Ranked 302nd in batting average with 0.234
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 304th with 0.304
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 179th with 0.425
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 208th with 0.729
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 414th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 288th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 239th in runs scored with 44
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.051, OBP: -0.078, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -53, Wlks: -52, Stls: -4,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ryan Jeffers

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ryan Jeffers
DateOpponentResult
May 20@WASMitchell ParkerL 12-3
May 21@WASPatrick Corbin
May 22@WASJake Irvin
May 24VS TEXMichael Lorenzen
May 25VS TEX
May 26VS TEXJon Gray
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000001.2500.00001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS DETMichael WachaW 8-3
May 21VS DETCasey Mize
May 22VS DETTarik Skubal
May 24@TB
May 25@TBAaron Civale
May 26@TBTaj Bradley
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143001.2500.14303
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ryan Jeffers
14.42
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
11.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ryan Jeffers
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 MIN 28 16 3 5 7 0 5 .267 .343 .417 32
2021 MIN 84 50 13 26 34 0 20 .195 .263 .393 160
2022 MIN 66 43 7 25 27 0 22 .212 .288 .374 156
2023 MIN 120 81 14 47 43 3 35 .266 .358 .466 292
2024 MIN 42 37 10 23 30 1 11 .262 .348 .553 149
ON PACE 144 127 34 79 103 3 37 .262 .348 .553 513
3-YEAR AVG 90 58 11 33 35 1 26 .227 .309 .417 203
Career 340 227 47 126 141 4 93 .235 .317 .437
Career MJ Melendez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 119 88 16 47 53 0 64 .211 .312 .380 321
2023 KC 151 125 16 65 56 6 62 .235 .316 .398 388
2024 KC 43 26 4 12 12 2 10 .184 .238 .355 91
ON PACE 142 85 13 39 39 6 33 .184 .238 .355 300
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 313 239 36 124 121 8 136 .219 .305 .386
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BAL @KC
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CHI vs TEN
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CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
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GB @PHI
HOU @IND
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NYJ @SF
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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
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BOS vs IND 8:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
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