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Maikel Garcia or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Maikel Garcia

Maikel Garcia

3BKansas City Royals KC
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Garcia over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Maikel Garcia
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Garcia

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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Performance Maikel Garcia
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.280022.3790.36006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.288066.3560.365213
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.235011.2630.29405
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.262014.2890.333011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Maikel Garcia
OWN
78%
+4.26 compared to last week
START
69%
+10.4 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
91%
-4.32 compared to last week
START
78%
+12.21 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Maikel Garcia
19th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Maikel Garcia

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 19th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 201st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.306
  • Ranked 207th in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 286th with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 358th with 0.352
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 339th with 0.658
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 366th with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 121st in RBI with 52
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 178th in runs scored with 53
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.038, OBP: -0.033, HRs: EVEN, RBI: -28, Runs: -42, Wlks: -25, Stls: -15,
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 16th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 187th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.309
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.285 and is currently ranked 71st
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 113th with 0.346
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 45th with 0.522
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 46th with 0.868
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 265th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 174th in RBI with 41
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 239th in runs scored with 34
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.02, OBP: -0.028, HRs: -7, RBI: -23, Runs: -40, Wlks: -31, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Maikel Garcia

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Maikel Garcia
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS MILNick AndersonW 3-2
May 07VS MILJared KoenigL 5-6
May 08VS MILBrady SingerW 6-4
May 09@LAAReid Detmers
May 10@LAAGriffin Canning
May 11@LAATyler Anderson
May 12@LAAPatrick Sandoval
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273021.4290.36403
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
May 06@PITMitch KellerL 4-1
May 07@PITPatrick SandovalW 0-9
May 08@PITAdam CimberW 4-5
May 09VS KCMichael Wacha
May 10VS KCAlec Marsh
May 11VS KCCole Ragans
May 12VS KCSeth Lugo
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143001.2500.14302
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Maikel Garcia
14.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Maikel Garcia
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 9 7 0 1 2 0 1 .318 .348 .364 16
2023 KC 124 126 4 59 50 23 38 .273 .324 .359 369
2024 KC 37 35 4 17 22 8 13 .235 .291 .376 130
ON PACE 157 149 17 72 93 34 55 .235 .291 .376 554
3-YEAR AVG 67 67 2 30 26 12 20 .275 .325 .360 193
Career 170 168 8 77 74 31 52 .265 .317 .363
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 36 39 7 20 24 2 8 .273 .307 .469 126
ON PACE 157 170 30 87 105 8 35 .273 .307 .469 551
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 431 370 57 215 188 16 146 .257 .331 .433
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