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Max Kepler or Byron Buxton

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Max Kepler

Max Kepler

RFMinnesota Twins MIN
Byron Buxton

Byron Buxton

CFMinnesota Twins MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kepler over Buxton

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Max Kepler
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Buxton over Kepler

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Byron Buxton
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Performance Max Kepler
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500052.5000.70003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500052.5000.70004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Byron Buxton
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400133.4290.70005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.256155.2680.487012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Max Kepler
OWN
16%
+3.98 compared to last week
START
11%
+10.87 compared to last week
OWN/START Byron Buxton
OWN
41%
+2.33 compared to last week
START
31%
+8.56 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Max Kepler
69th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Byron Buxton
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Max Kepler

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 69th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 139th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.338 and is currently ranked 82nd
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.282 and is currently ranked 75th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 102nd with 0.349
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 77th with 0.489
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 63rd with 0.838
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 418th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 188th in RBI with 46
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 169th in runs scored with 51
  • 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: -0.06, OBP: -0.105, HRs: -24, RBI: -61, Runs: -71, Wlks: -45, Stls: -1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Byron Buxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 35th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 90th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 161st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.315
  • Ranked 357th in batting average with 0.222
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 447th with 0.266
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 230th with 0.403
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 316th with 0.669
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 572nd with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 358th in RBI with 21
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 410th in runs scored with 18
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.04, OBP: -0.014, HRs: -16, RBI: -32, Runs: -42, Wlks: -34, Stls: -9,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Max Kepler

No Injury Reported

Injury Byron Buxton

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Max Kepler
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWJoe RyanW 6-3
Apr 25VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500052.5000.70003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Byron Buxton
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWJoe RyanW 6-3
Apr 25VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500112.5561.00002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Max Kepler
12.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Byron Buxton
13.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Max Kepler
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 -1
2016 MIN 113 92 17 52 63 6 42 .232 .307 .422 290
2017 MIN 147 124 19 67 69 6 47 .243 .312 .425 355
2018 MIN 156 119 20 80 58 4 71 .224 .319 .408 386
2019 MIN 137 132 36 98 90 1 63 .248 .334 .510 474
2020 MIN 50 39 9 28 23 3 25 .222 .324 .426 139
2021 MIN 121 88 19 60 54 10 53 .210 .304 .414 387
2022 MIN 111 84 9 52 42 3 49 .223 .318 .343 325
2023 MIN 143 119 24 73 66 1 46 .258 .328 .475 433
2024 MIN 10 6 0 2 5 0 1 .200 .226 .267 18
ON PACE 70 42 0 14 35 0 7 .200 .226 .267 126
3-YEAR AVG 125 97 17 62 54 5 49 .232 .317 .415 382
Career 991 804 153 512 470 34 397 .234 .317 .430
Career Byron Buxton
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 46 27 2 16 6 2 6 .209 .250 .326 52
2016 MIN 92 67 10 44 38 10 23 .225 .284 .430 194
2017 MIN 140 117 16 69 51 29 38 .253 .314 .413 332
2018 MIN 28 14 0 8 4 5 3 .156 .183 .200 29
2019 MIN 87 71 10 48 46 15 19 .262 .314 .513 248
2020 MIN 41 33 13 19 27 3 2 .254 .267 .577 110
2021 MIN 60 69 18 47 30 9 13 .307 .361 .644 253
2022 MIN 93 76 28 61 51 6 34 .224 .306 .526 314
2023 MIN 97 63 17 49 42 9 35 .207 .293 .436 265
2024 MIN 22 19 1 7 10 0 1 .247 .280 .403 43
ON PACE 154 133 7 49 70 0 7 .247 .280 .403 302
3-YEAR AVG 83 69 21 52 41 8 27 .239 .315 .525 277
Career 706 556 115 368 305 88 174 .239 .299 .465
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