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Andrew McCutchen or Mike Tauchman

Who Should I Start? - Week 30 • Start New
Andrew McCutchen

Andrew McCutchen

DH • Pittsburgh Pirates PIT
Mike Tauchman

Mike Tauchman

RF • Chicago Cubs CHC
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Andrew McCutchen
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Performance Mike Tauchman
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Andrew McCutchen
OWN
12%
+0.65 compared to last week
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6%
+0.32 compared to last week
OWN/START Mike Tauchman
OWN
 
0%
-5.56 compared to last week
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0%
-5.56 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Andrew McCutchen
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Mike Tauchman
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Andrew McCutchen

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH RF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 7th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 10th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off. Either he isn't an every day player or he is coming back from an injury of some sort. I suggest checking out his news page to get a closer look.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 364th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.229
  • Ranked 303rd in batting average with 0.214
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 277th with 0.282
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 108th with 0.443
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 156th with 0.725
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 329th in RBI with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 405th in runs scored with 7
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.024, OBP: -0.05, HRs: +8, RBI: +7, Runs: +11, Wlks: -17, Stls: -8,
Breakdown Mike Tauchman

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 3B DH . However, he plays 3B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 2nd among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 1st.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off. Either he isn't an every day player or he is coming back from an injury of some sort. I suggest checking out his news page to get a closer look.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 352nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.240
  • Ranked 150th in batting average with 0.253
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 144th with 0.327
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 64th with 0.489
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 71st with 0.815
  • Top 75 in steals and is currently ranked 75th with 15
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 80th with 19
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 51st with 21
  • Top 35 in runs scored and is currently ranked 32nd with 26
  • Top 35 in HRs and is currently ranked 30th with 9
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.009, OBP: -0.024, HRs: +17, RBI: +41, Runs: +31, Wlks: -14, Stls: +16,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Andrew McCutchen

No Injury Reported

Injury Mike Tauchman

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Andrew McCutchen
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Matchups Mike Tauchman
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Andrew McCutchen
4.48
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Mike Tauchman
5.37
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Andrew McCutchen
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2009 PIT 108 124 12 74 54 22 54 N/A N/A N/A 347
2010 PIT 154 163 16 94 56 33 70 N/A N/A N/A 453
2011 PIT 156 146 22 86 88 23 88 N/A N/A N/A 440
2012 PIT 156 193 31 107 96 19 70 .327 .395 .553 572
2013 PIT 157 185 21 97 84 26 78 .317 .399 .508 557
2014 PIT 137 164 24 86 76 15 80 .320 .417 .554 503
2015 PIT 157 165 23 91 96 11 98 .292 .401 .488 517
2016 PIT 152 153 24 81 79 6 68 .256 .336 .430 426
2017 PIT 156 159 28 94 88 11 73 .279 .363 .486 496
2018 SF 155 145 20 83 65 14 95 .255 .368 .424 440
2019 PHI 59 56 10 45 29 2 43 .256 .378 .457 194
2020 PHI 57 55 9 34 33 5 26 .253 .335 .419 171
2021 PHI 145 105 26 76 78 6 80 .222 .335 .440 471
2022 MIL 129 115 16 63 63 8 52 .234 .310 .378 393
2023 PIT 116 100 12 55 43 11 75 .256 .378 .397 366
2024 PIT 121 104 20 66 50 3 58 .232 .328 .411 352
3-YEAR AVG 130 107 18 65 61 8 69 .236 .339 .405 410
Career 2115 2132 314 1232 1078 215 1108 .342 .443 .463
Career Mike Tauchman
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 COL 31 6 0 2 2 1 5 .222 .344 .296 14
2018 COL 21 3 0 5 0 1 4 .094 .194 .125 8
2019 NYY 87 71 13 46 46 6 34 .273 .359 .500 233
2020 NYY 43 23 0 21 13 6 13 .247 .343 .301 76
2021 NYY 76 30 4 22 15 3 23 .181 .283 .283 131
2023 CHC 108 85 8 64 48 7 56 .252 .362 .377 331
2024 CHC 109 74 7 50 29 6 47 .248 .357 .366 286
3-YEAR AVG 92 58 6 43 32 5 40 .229 .336 .346 231
Career 475 292 32 210 153 30 182 .241 .343 .373
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