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Willson Contreras or Oneil Cruz

Who Should I Start? - Week 24 • Start New
Willson Contreras

Willson Contreras

CSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Oneil Cruz

Oneil Cruz

SSPittsburgh Pirates PIT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Contreras over Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Willson Contreras
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Owners starting Cruz over Contreras

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Oneil Cruz
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Performance Willson Contreras
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.5000.00001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Oneil Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.136001.2400.18226
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.313055.3580.396512
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Willson Contreras
OWN
62%
-3.96 compared to last week
START
18%
-0.96 compared to last week
OWN/START Oneil Cruz
OWN
83%
+1.01 compared to last week
START
74%
+1.39 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Willson Contreras
17th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Oneil Cruz
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Willson Contreras

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: C DH . However, he plays C most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 17th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 15th.
  • The current leader among C's is Cal Raleigh
  • 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 and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Finger (Since Aug 24, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 106th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.330
  • Ranked 180th in batting average with 0.253
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 64th with 0.359
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 195th with 0.404
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 144th with 0.763
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 419th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 294th in RBI with 15
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 220th in runs scored with 21
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.011, OBP: +0.035, HRs: -1, RBI: -21, Runs: -1, Wlks: -1, Stls: -2,
Breakdown Oneil Cruz

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SS CF DH . However, he plays SS most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 19th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Bobby Witt Jr.
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Among the best in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.420 and is currently ranked 6th
  • Top 35 in batting average with 0.311 and is currently ranked 34th
  • Top 50 on base percentage and is currently ranked 50th with 0.371
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 69th with 0.508
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 52nd with 0.879
  • Top 75 in steals and is currently ranked 63rd with 14
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 90th with 29
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 170th in runs scored with 24
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.018, OBP: -0.049, HRs: +17, RBI: +64, Runs: +55, Wlks: +33, Stls: +18,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Willson Contreras

FINGER - Since Aug 24, 2024

Contreras is dealing with a right middle finger fracture and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in mid-September.
Injury Oneil Cruz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Willson Contreras
DateOpponentResult
Sep 02@MILFreddy PeraltaL 9-3
Sep 03@MILRyan HelsleyW 4-7
Sep 04@MILAndrew KittredgeW 2-3
Sep 06VS SEABryce MillerL 1-6
Sep 07VS SEALogan Gilbert
Sep 08VS SEALuis Castillo
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250023.4830.25017
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Oneil Cruz
DateOpponentResult
Sep 02@CHCJalen BeeksW 3-5
Sep 03@CHCPaul SkenesW 0-5
Sep 04@CHCShota ImanagaL 12-0
Sep 05VS WASBailey FalterW 9-4
Sep 06VS WASDJ Herz
Sep 07VS WASDJ Herz
Sep 07VS WASMitchell Parker
Sep 08VS WASPatrick Corbin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2542412.3010.433317
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Willson Contreras
8.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Oneil Cruz
13.58
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Willson Contreras
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 CHC 75 69 12 32 35 2 26 .276 .352 .484 185
2017 CHC 117 104 21 50 74 5 45 .276 .356 .499 318
2018 CHC 138 118 10 50 54 4 53 .249 .339 .390 290
2019 CHC 105 99 24 57 64 1 38 .275 .357 .536 303
2020 CHC 60 45 7 34 25 1 22 .234 .363 .396 131
2021 CHC 128 96 21 61 57 6 52 .238 .342 .443 356
2022 CHC 113 99 21 64 54 4 43 .242 .347 .462 369
2023 STL 128 111 19 54 66 6 51 .261 .356 .459 395
2024 STL 86 79 15 48 36 4 45 .262 .380 .468 268
ON PACE 98 90 17 55 41 4 51 .262 .380 .468 307
3-YEAR AVG 123 102 20 60 59 5 49 .247 .348 .455 373
Career 950 820 150 450 465 33 375 .257 .353 .460
Career Oneil Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 PIT 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 .333 .333 .667 9
2022 PIT 76 68 17 40 53 9 23 .236 .294 .472 238
2023 PIT 21 8 1 7 4 3 7 .250 .375 .375 49
2024 PIT 128 128 18 62 68 21 40 .268 .326 .460 398
ON PACE 148 148 20 71 78 24 46 .268 .326 .460 460
3-YEAR AVG 33 26 6 16 20 4 10 .240 .304 .468 99
Career 227 207 37 111 128 33 70 .257 .317 .463
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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
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Jose Quintana
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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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