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Kyle Higashioka or Jackson Merrill

Who Should I Start? - Week 30 • Start New
Kyle Higashioka

Kyle Higashioka

CSan Diego Padres SD
Jackson Merrill

Jackson Merrill

CFSan Diego Padres SD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Higashioka over Merrill

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kyle Higashioka
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrill over Higashioka

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jackson Merrill
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Performance Kyle Higashioka
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500000.5000.50001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.214121.2000.50005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jackson Merrill
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.176134.3000.35305
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kyle Higashioka
OWN
 
0%
-5.56 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-5.56 compared to last week
OWN/START Jackson Merrill
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
94%
+5.23 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyle Higashioka
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jackson Merrill
12th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kyle Higashioka

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 15th.
  • The current leader among C's is William Contreras
  • 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 385th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.221
  • Ranked 254th in batting average with 0.226
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 356th with 0.253
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 73rd with 0.484
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 145th with 0.736
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 392nd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 294th in RBI with 11
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 341st in runs scored with 10
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.013, OBP: -0.01, HRs: +10, RBI: +16, Runs: +8, Wlks: +2, Stls: +2,
Breakdown Jackson Merrill

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 13th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • 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 178th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.302
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.291 and is currently ranked 57th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 122nd with 0.335
  • Top 35 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 32nd with 0.538
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 40th with 0.873
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 151st with 3
  • Top 35 in RBI and is currently ranked 35th with 29
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 102nd in runs scored with 21
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 66th with 8
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.29, OBP: +0.324, HRs: +25, RBI: +94, Runs: +81, Wlks: +32, Stls: +16,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Kyle Higashioka

No Injury Reported

Injury Jackson Merrill

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kyle Higashioka
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jackson Merrill
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyle Higashioka
4.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jackson Merrill
11.30
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kyle Higashioka
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 NYY 9 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .100 .000 1
2018 NYY 29 12 3 6 6 0 6 .167 .241 .319 33
2019 NYY 18 12 3 8 11 0 0 .214 .211 .464 32
2020 NYY 22 19 5 10 12 0 1 .275 .286 .507 51
2021 NYY 68 35 10 20 29 0 17 .183 .249 .393 151
2022 NYY 82 46 8 25 27 0 12 .212 .250 .355 170
2023 NYY 112 57 10 24 34 0 14 .236 .273 .413 210
2024 SD 95 59 20 32 50 2 16 .223 .263 .498 252
3-YEAR AVG 87 46 9 23 30 0 14 .212 .258 .388 177
Career 435 240 59 127 169 2 68 .212 .255 .414
Career Jackson Merrill
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 SD 165 168 25 81 94 16 32 .290 .324 .499 586
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 165 168 25 81 94 16 32 .290 .324 .499
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