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Josh Smith or Austin Riley

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
Austin Riley

Austin Riley

3BAtlanta Braves ATL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Riley

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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Owners starting Riley over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Austin Riley
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Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.208035.3210.33317
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300159.4170.550113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Austin Riley
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300123.3330.45005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250155.3130.364011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
59%
+12.65 compared to last week
START
47%
+5.87 compared to last week
OWN/START Austin Riley
OWN
100%
+1.49 compared to last week
START
92%
-2.08 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
36th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Austin Riley
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Smith

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 3B SS . However, he plays 3B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 36th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 35 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.373 and is currently ranked 34th
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.295 and is currently ranked 44th
  • Top 10 on base percentage and is currently ranked 10th with 0.402
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 102nd with 0.464
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 49th with 0.866
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 381st with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 420th in RBI with 17
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 343rd in runs scored with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.295, OBP: +0.402, HRs: +2, RBI: +17, Runs: +21, Wlks: +14, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Austin Riley

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 4th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 109th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.330
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.281 and is currently ranked 82nd
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 119th with 0.344
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 40th with 0.528
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 41st with 0.872
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 372nd with 1
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 92nd with 75
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 57th with 82
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.036, OBP: -0.03, HRs: -35, RBI: -81, Runs: -98, Wlks: -47, Stls: -3,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Austin Riley

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
May 06@OAKJose LeclercW 2-4
May 07@OAKJose UrenaW 8-15
May 08@OAKJP SearsL 9-4
May 08@OAKDavid RobertsonW 11-12
May 10@COLAustin Gomber
May 11@COLRyan Feltner
May 12@COLDakota Hudson
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.318045.3750.36417
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Austin Riley
DateOpponentResult
May 07VS BOSJoe JimenezW 4-2
May 08VS BOSChris SaleW 5-0
May 10@NYMJose Quintana
May 11@NYMChristian Scott
May 12@NYMLuis Severino
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.350024.4090.40005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Smith
14.43
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Austin Riley
22.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2015 CIN 9 32.2 662 30 21 0 0-4 6.89 1.93 8.3 39
2016 CIN 32 57.1 1042 48 26 0 3-3 4.87 1.45 7.5 107
2017 OAK 26 35.0 586 25 15 0 2-1 4.89 1.43 6.4 59
ON PACE 108 146 2434 103 62 0 8-4 4.89 1.43 6.4 244
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 NAN NAN NAN 0
Career 67 122.2 2290 103 62 0 0-0 5.5 1.6 7.6
Career Austin Riley
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 ATL 80 62 18 41 49 0 16 .226 .279 .471 181
2020 ATL 63 53 9 28 31 0 19 .227 .290 .382 134
2021 ATL 178 196 35 96 115 0 55 .302 .363 .527 594
2022 ATL 154 159 36 87 91 2 54 .266 .341 .518 535
2023 ATL 163 185 39 119 100 3 59 .283 .346 .522 610
2024 ATL 34 34 3 20 18 0 12 .245 .314 .396 103
ON PACE 162 162 14 95 85 0 57 .245 .314 .396 490
3-YEAR AVG 165 180 37 101 102 2 56 .284 .350 .522 580
Career 672 689 140 391 404 5 215 .271 .335 .497
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DET vs HOU 06:40 EDT EST Casey Mize
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LAD @SD 09:40 EDT EST Tyler Glasnow
Michael King
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MIL vs STL 08:10 EDT EST
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MIN @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Joe Ryan
Yusei Kikuchi
NYY @TB 06:50 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Taj Bradley
OAK @SEA 09:40 EDT EST Paul Blackburn
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IND vs NY 7:00 PM EST
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