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Nelson Velazquez or Ian Happ

Who Should I Start? - Week 24 • Start New
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

DHKansas City Royals KC
Ian Happ

Ian Happ

LFChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Velazquez over Happ

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nelson Velazquez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Happ over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
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Performance Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ian Happ
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.280063.2800.36006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3530107.4000.510212
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
 
2%
+0.26 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.01 compared to last week
OWN/START Ian Happ
OWN
95%
+0.25 compared to last week
START
83%
-1.47 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ian Happ
23rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nelson Velazquez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF RF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Breakdown Ian Happ

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF DH . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 24th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Corbin Carroll
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 137th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.317
  • Ranked 162nd in batting average with 0.258
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 133rd with 0.336
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 85th with 0.495
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 87th with 0.831
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 173rd with 4
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 30th with 23
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 73rd with 29
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 44th with 33
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 70th with 10
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.002, OBP: -0.018, HRs: +6, RBI: +8, Runs: +5, Wlks: -18, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nelson Velazquez

No Injury Reported

Injury Ian Happ

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nelson Velazquez
DateOpponentResult
Sep 02VS CLEGavin WilliamsL 2-4
Sep 03VS CLETanner BibeeL 1-7
Sep 04VS CLESeth LugoW 4-1
Sep 06VS MINCole RagansW 5-0
Sep 07VS MINBailey Ober
Sep 08VS MINSimeon Woods Richardson
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167344.2310.54207
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ian Happ
DateOpponentResult
Sep 02VS PITJalen BeeksL 3-5
Sep 03VS PITPaul SkenesL 0-5
Sep 04VS PITShota ImanagaW 12-0
Sep 06VS NYYLuis GilL 0-3
Sep 07VS NYYClarke Schmidt
Sep 08VS NYYGerrit Cole
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278187.3500.463214
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nelson Velazquez
5.55
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ian Happ
15.81
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nelson Velazquez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CHC 70 33 6 17 25 4 16 .198 .272 .365 140
2023 CHC 66 36 17 35 34 0 14 .225 .294 .581 191
2024 KC 65 41 8 31 27 2 19 .200 .274 .366 160
ON PACE 74 46 9 35 30 2 21 .200 .274 .366 182
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 201 110 31 83 86 6 49 .207 .279 .430
Career Ian Happ
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 CHC 115 92 24 62 68 8 39 .253 .328 .514 308
2018 CHC 143 90 15 56 44 8 70 .233 .353 .408 262
2019 CHC 58 37 11 25 30 2 15 .264 .333 .564 134
2020 CHC 59 58 17 32 33 1 30 .280 .377 .580 186
2021 CHC 149 103 24 61 62 8 60 .225 .320 .431 390
2022 CHC 151 146 17 65 71 9 56 .272 .344 .446 459
2023 CHC 159 144 21 86 84 14 99 .248 .360 .431 553
2024 CHC 134 119 23 80 80 11 70 .243 .342 .459 458
ON PACE 153 136 26 91 91 12 80 .243 .342 .459 526
3-YEAR AVG 153 131 21 71 72 10 72 .250 .343 .436 467
Career 968 789 152 467 472 61 439 .250 .344 .460
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ATL vs PIT
BAL @KC
CAR @NO
CHI vs TEN
CIN vs NE
CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
DET vs LAR
GB @PHI
HOU @IND
JAC @MIA
LAC vs LV
MIN @NYG
NYJ @SF
TB vs WAS
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ARI @HOU 04:10 EDT EST Eduardo Rodriguez
Yusei Kikuchi
ATL vs TOR 07:20 EDT EST Spencer Schwellenbach
Jose Berrios
BAL vs TB 04:05 EDT EST Zach Eflin
Ryan Pepiot
BOS vs CHW 07:15 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Garrett Crochet
CHC vs NYY 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
Clarke Schmidt
CIN @NYM 04:10 EDT EST Jakob Junis
Jose Quintana
CLE @LAD 09:10 EDT EST Gavin Williams
COL @MIL 07:10 EDT EST Ty Blach
Tobias Myers
DET @OAK 04:07 EDT EST Brant Hurter
Brady Basso
KC vs MIN 07:15 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Bailey Ober
LAA @TEX 07:05 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Jack Leiter
MIA vs PHI 04:10 EDT EST Darren McCaughan
Aaron Nola
PIT vs WAS 01:35 EDT EST Luis L. Ortiz
DJ Herz
SD vs SF 08:40 EDT EST Dylan Cease
Logan Webb
SEA @STL 07:15 EDT EST Logan Gilbert
Kyle Gibson
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