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Kyle Higashioka or Jackson Merrill

Who Should I Start? - Week 32 • Start New
Kyle Higashioka

Kyle Higashioka

CTexas Rangers TEX
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
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

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Performance Jackson Merrill
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Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kyle Higashioka
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0%
No change since last week.
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OWN/START Jackson Merrill
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
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90%
No change since 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 16th.
  • The current leader among C's is Will Smith
  • 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 378th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.188
  • Ranked 297th in batting average with 0.200
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 351st with 0.229
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 123rd with 0.431
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 218th with 0.659
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 399th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 315th in RBI with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 356th in runs scored with 6
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.7 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 12th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • 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 187th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.295
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 88th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 134th with 0.331
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 40th with 0.532
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 58th with 0.863
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 64th with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 133rd in runs scored with 14
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 101st in HRs with 5
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.6 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
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Matchups Jackson Merrill
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Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyle Higashioka
3.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jackson Merrill
8.65
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 96 54 13 27 37 1 14 .224 .262 .427 211
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 165 168 25 81 94 16 32 .290 .324 .499 586
Career 165 168 25 81 94 16 32 .290 .324 .499
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IND vs TEN
JAC @LV
LAR @NYJ
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Matchup Time Pitchers
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Matchup Time
ATL vs MEM 7:30 PM EST
BKN vs UTA 7:30 PM EST
BOS @CHI 8:00 PM EST
CLE vs PHI 8:00 PM EST
DAL vs LAC 8:30 PM EST
DET @PHO 9:00 PM EST
GS @MIN 8:00 PM EST
LAL @SAC 6:00 PM EST
MIA @ORL 7:00 PM EST
MIL vs WAS 8:00 PM EST
NO vs NY 8:00 PM EST
POR @SA 8:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS vs BUF 7:00 PM EST
CBJ @PHI 7:00 PM EST
CGY vs CHI 4:00 PM EST
DET @MON 7:00 PM EST
EDM vs SJ 4:00 PM EST
LA @NSH 1:30 PM EST
MIN @WPG 7:00 PM EST
NJ vs PIT 7:00 PM EST
NYI @TOR 7:00 PM EST
OTT @VAN 10:00 PM EST
SEA @VGK 10:00 PM EST