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Yandy Diaz or Josh Smith

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Yandy Diaz

Yandy Diaz

1BTampa Bay Rays TB
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Diaz over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yandy Diaz
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Diaz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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Performance Yandy Diaz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400237.4440.76006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.327289.3640.519012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.105022.1500.10516
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.186047.2860.279113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yandy Diaz
OWN
94%
+4.35 compared to last week
START
87%
+11.46 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
50%
-8.65 compared to last week
START
35%
-13.71 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yandy Diaz
12th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
44th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Yandy Diaz

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B DH . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 12th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 12th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • Wow, would you look at that. The experts got it right on the money.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.340 and is currently ranked 84th
  • Top 35 in batting average with 0.303 and is currently ranked 29th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 35th with 0.372
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 114th with 0.457
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 67th with 0.828
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 149th in RBI with 58
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 143rd in runs scored with 60
  • 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: -0.073, OBP: -0.094, HRs: -19, RBI: -59, Runs: -75, Wlks: -52, Stls: EVEN,
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 45th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 12th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.348 and is currently ranked 66th
  • Ranked 109th in batting average with 0.273
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 30th with 0.376
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 175th with 0.430
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 92nd with 0.806
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 473rd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 441st in RBI with 17
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 378th in runs scored with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.272, OBP: +0.372, HRs: +2, RBI: +18, Runs: +21, Wlks: +14, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Yandy Diaz

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Yandy Diaz
DateOpponentResult
May 13@BOSZach EflinW 3-5
May 14@BOSBrennan BernardinoL 5-4
May 15@BOSTanner Houck
May 16@BOSCooper Criswell
May 17@TORYusei Kikuchi
May 18@TORKevin Gausman
May 19@TORAlek Manoah
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333154.3700.54206
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS CLEHunter GaddisL 0-7
May 14VS CLEBen LivelyL 4-7
May 15VS CLECarlos Carrasco
May 17VS LAATyler Anderson
May 18VS LAAPatrick Sandoval
May 19VS LAAJose Soriano
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.125010.1250.12502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yandy Diaz
16.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Smith
9.91
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Yandy Diaz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 CLE 49 41 0 25 13 2 21 .263 .352 .327 97
2018 CLE 39 34 1 15 15 0 11 .312 .375 .422 78
2019 TB 83 85 16 55 40 2 35 .266 .337 .484 257
2020 TB 47 42 2 19 12 0 34 .280 .416 .353 105
2021 TB 137 118 13 63 64 1 70 .249 .347 .378 429
2022 TB 134 131 8 68 51 2 74 .285 .390 .407 457
2023 TB 141 174 22 95 78 0 65 .326 .406 .516 559
2024 TB 42 43 3 20 19 0 13 .253 .312 .359 126
ON PACE 158 162 11 75 71 0 48 .253 .312 .359 474
3-YEAR AVG 137 141 14 75 64 1 70 .288 .382 .437 482
Career 672 668 65 360 292 7 323 .282 .371 .425
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 95 129 2157 92 55 0 7-3 4.89 1.43 6.4 217
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
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BAL vs TOR 12:35 EDT EST Kyle Bradish
Chris Bassitt
BOS vs TB 07:10 EDT EST Tanner Houck
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CLE @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Carlos Carrasco
Jon Gray
COL @SD 04:10 EDT EST Austin Gomber
Michael King
DET vs MIA 01:10 EDT EST Casey Mize
Trevor Rogers
HOU vs OAK 08:10 EDT EST Framber Valdez
Aaron Brooks
KC @SEA 04:10 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Bryan Woo
LAA vs STL 09:07 EDT EST Griffin Canning
Lance Lynn
LAD @SF 09:45 EDT EST
Logan Webb
MIL vs PIT 01:10 EDT EST Robert Gasser
Martin Perez
MIN vs NYY 07:40 EDT EST Pablo Lopez
Marcus Stroman
NYM @PHI 06:40 EDT EST Joey Lucchesi
Ranger Suarez
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DAL @OKC 9:30 PM EST
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