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Paul Goldschmidt or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Paul Goldschmidt

Paul Goldschmidt

1BSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Goldschmidt over Ward

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Goldschmidt

 
 
 
 
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Performance Paul Goldschmidt
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.263024.3330.36815
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.244146.3260.366111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211123.2860.47405
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.196144.2690.326112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Goldschmidt
OWN
96%
+4.24 compared to last week
START
81%
-2.08 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
95%
-4.74 compared to last week
START
87%
-1.17 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Goldschmidt
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paul Goldschmidt

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 10th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 25th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 179th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.313
  • Ranked 276th in batting average with 0.239
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 137th with 0.339
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 320th with 0.370
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 251st with 0.708
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 429th with 4
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 59th with 55
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 202nd in RBI with 45
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 180th in runs scored with 50
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.061, OBP: -0.06, HRs: -23, RBI: -69, Runs: -77, Wlks: -73, Stls: -10,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 40th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 12th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 232nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.299
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.282 and is currently ranked 78th
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 89th with 0.352
  • Top 35 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 27th with 0.548
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 33rd with 0.900
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 272nd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 140th in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 246th in runs scored with 31
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.012, OBP: -0.029, HRs: -7, RBI: -24, Runs: -43, Wlks: -32, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Goldschmidt

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Paul Goldschmidt
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@DETKenta Maeda
Apr 30@DETJack Flaherty
May 01@DETReese Olson
May 03VS CHW
May 04VS CHWErick Fedde
May 05VS CHWGarrett Crochet
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29VS PHICristopher Sanchez
Apr 30VS PHISpencer Turnbull
May 01VS PHIZack Wheeler
May 03@CLETanner Bibee
May 04@CLEBen Lively
May 05@CLECarlos Carrasco
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Paul Goldschmidt
20.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.31
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Paul Goldschmidt
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 ARI 48 39 10 29 31 4 20 N/A N/A N/A 111
2012 ARI 145 147 20 82 82 18 60 .286 .358 .490 447
2013 ARI 160 182 36 103 125 15 99 .302 .401 .551 617
2014 ARI 104 120 18 74 68 9 58 .307 .396 .550 381
2015 ARI 159 182 33 103 110 21 118 .321 .435 .570 621
2016 ARI 158 172 24 106 95 32 110 .297 .411 .489 583
2017 ARI 155 166 36 117 120 18 94 .297 .404 .563 608
2018 ARI 158 172 33 95 83 7 90 .290 .389 .533 512
2019 STL 170 165 36 102 99 3 80 .260 .344 .479 503
2020 STL 61 64 8 34 26 1 38 .309 .417 .507 184
2021 STL 160 172 31 100 98 12 68 .289 .363 .511 618
2022 STL 145 170 33 98 109 6 72 .321 .404 .581 608
2023 STL 155 159 25 89 80 11 86 .269 .364 .449 537
2024 STL 28 21 2 12 11 1 13 .208 .304 .287 60
ON PACE 162 121 11 69 63 5 75 .208 .304 .287 347
3-YEAR AVG 153 167 30 96 96 10 75 .292 .376 .511 588
Career 1806 1931 345 1144 1137 158 1006 .299 .394 .518
Career Taylor Ward
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 LAA 40 24 6 14 15 2 9 .178 .245 .333 65
2019 ANA 20 8 1 4 2 0 6 .190 .292 .333 15
2020 LAA 33 26 0 16 5 2 7 .283 .333 .391 55
2021 LAA 66 52 8 33 33 1 20 .250 .329 .438 190
2022 LAA 127 131 21 68 62 5 57 .284 .364 .474 431
2023 LAA 109 90 14 60 47 4 39 .253 .335 .421 333
2024 LAA 28 30 7 17 23 2 7 .265 .306 .496 108
ON PACE 162 173 40 98 133 11 40 .265 .306 .496 624
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 423 361 57 212 187 16 145 .256 .332 .434
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