Should I start MJ Melendez or Tyrone Taylor?

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Strong Recommendation

MJ Melendez

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Tyrone Taylor

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KC · RF,LF

NYM · RF,CF,LF

Current Week's Projections

FPTS

5.80

9.31

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	vs.TB (Littell)	73°
Wed Jul 3	vs.TB (Pepiot)	75°
Thu Jul 4	vs.TB (Eflin)	72°
Fri Jul 5	@COL (Freeland)	78°
Sat Jul 6	@COL (Gomber)	Not Currently Available
Sun Jul 7	@COL (Feltner)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Jul 1	@WSH (Gore)	69°
Tue Jul 2	@WSH (Herz)	69°
Wed Jul 3	@WSH (Parker)	73°
Thu Jul 4	@WSH (Irvin)	96°
Fri Jul 5	@PIT (Skenes)	73°
Sat Jul 6	@PIT (Falter)	Not Currently Available
Sun Jul 7	@PIT (Keller)	Not Currently Available

Batting

14.48

21.83

1.64

2.95

3.09

4.49

.83

1.11

.07

.01

.52

.49

RBI

1.48

2.13

.14

.84

4.42

4.8

1.34

1.1

AVG

.213

.206

OBP

.281

.255

SLG

.389

.325

OPS

.670

.580

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Start MJ Melendez or Manuel Margot Start MJ Melendez or Jake Fraley Start MJ Melendez or Gavin Sheets Start MJ Melendez or Will Brennan Start MJ Melendez or Will Benson	Start Tyrone Taylor or Daz Cameron Start Tyrone Taylor or Edward Olivares Start Tyrone Taylor or Nick Castellanos Start Tyrone Taylor or Wilyer Abreu Start Tyrone Taylor or Jo Adell

Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	81.0	77.0
AB	232	157
R	21	21
H	42	35
2B	12	8
3B	2	1
HR	8	4
RBI	24	20
SB	2	6
K	68	35
BB	20	8
AVG	.181	.223
OBP	.249	.272
SLG	.353	.363
OPS	.603	.635

Recent News
	Royals' MJ Melendez: Taking seat against lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' MJ Melendez Belts First Career Grand Slam After Thrilling 12-Pitch At-Bat Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Kansas City Royals Beat Dodgers as MJ Melendez Hits Historic Grand Slam Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN MJ Melendez's leaping catch \| 06/22/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com MJ Melendez's leaping catch Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com MJ Melendez's sliding catch \| 06/19/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Kansas City Royals Beat Dodgers as MJ Melendez Hits Historic Grand Slam Published June 18th, 2024 via MSN Royals fan won Sonic Slam contest thanks to MJ Melendez (and her daughter) Published June 18th, 2024 via MSN	Mets' Tyrone Taylor: Heading to bench Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tyrone Taylor Hits a Game-Tying Homer Published June 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports Tyrone Taylor's solo homer (4) \| 06/28/2024 Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Tyrone Taylor: The Mets' Secret Weapon Leading June Resurgence Published June 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports Tyrone Taylor Hits Three-Run HR On Wednesday Published June 27th, 2024 Mets' Tyrone Taylor: Swats third homer Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tyrone Taylor's three-run home run (3) \| 06/26/2024 Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Mets' Tyrone Taylor: Starting against right-hander again Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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