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Michael Busch or Keibert Ruiz

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Michael Busch

Michael Busch

1BChicago Cubs CHC
Keibert Ruiz

Keibert Ruiz

CWashington Nationals WAS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Busch over Ruiz

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Michael Busch
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ruiz over Busch

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Keibert Ruiz
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Performance Michael Busch
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250144.3330.50005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286145.3750.42909
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Keibert Ruiz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222030.3000.22205
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.321264.3870.57108
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Busch
OWN
35%
-3.8 compared to last week
START
21%
-3.14 compared to last week
OWN/START Keibert Ruiz
OWN
69%
+8.17 compared to last week
START
58%
+6.73 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Busch
22nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Keibert Ruiz
16th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Michael Busch

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 22nd among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Pete Alonso
  • 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 145th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.292
  • Ranked 163rd in batting average with 0.235
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 123rd with 0.333
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 166th with 0.353
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 158th with 0.686
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 282nd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 213th in RBI with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 159th in runs scored with 5
  • 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: -0.061, OBP: -0.042, HRs: EVEN, RBI: -1, Runs: +1, Wlks: EVEN, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Keibert Ruiz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 16th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among C's is Ivan Herrera
  • He is putting up better numbers than 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 128th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.304
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.321 and is currently ranked 55th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 62nd with 0.387
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 51st with 0.571
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 41st with 0.959
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 115th in RBI with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 255th in runs scored with 4
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.107, OBP: +0.146, HRs: +1, RBI: +3, Runs: +3, Wlks: +1, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Busch

No Injury Reported

Injury Keibert Ruiz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Busch
DateOpponentResult
Apr 07VS TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 08VS TEXPatrick Corbin
Apr 09VS TEXTyler Mahle
Apr 11@LADRoki Sasaki
Apr 12@LADTyler Glasnow
Apr 13@LADDustin May
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.1430.00012
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Keibert Ruiz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 07VS LADDustin May
Apr 08VS LADBlake Snell
Apr 09VS LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
Apr 11@MIAMax Meyer
Apr 12@MIACal Quantrill
Apr 13@MIASandy Alcantara
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Busch
13.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Keibert Ruiz
13.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Michael Busch
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 LAD 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
2024 CHC 153 123 21 73 65 2 63 .248 .335 .440 414
2025 CHC 11 8 1 5 4 1 4 .235 .333 .353 29
ON PACE 148 108 13 67 54 13 54 .235 .333 .353 391
3-YEAR AVG 100 68 12 41 36 2 36 .238 .324 .421 240
Career 210 143 24 87 76 4 75 .238 .325 .417
Career Keibert Ruiz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 LAD 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 .250 .250 .625 6
2021 LAD 28 21 3 9 14 0 6 .253 .319 .386 80
2022 WAS 111 97 7 32 36 6 30 .252 .314 .361 310
2023 WAS 138 134 18 55 68 1 31 .260 .308 .409 448
2024 WAS 128 105 13 46 57 3 16 .229 .260 .359 364
2025 WAS 8 9 2 4 6 0 1 .321 .387 .571 32
ON PACE 144 162 36 72 108 0 18 .321 .387 .571 576
3-YEAR AVG 126 112 13 44 54 3 26 .247 .294 .379 374
Career 415 368 44 147 182 10 84 .249 .297 .384
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