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Manny Machado or Josh Smith

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Manny Machado

Manny Machado

3BSan Diego Padres SD
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Machado over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Manny Machado
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Machado

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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Performance Manny Machado
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.045001.1250.04516
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143164.2000.238111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.118010.1180.11805
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.171045.2440.244112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Manny Machado
OWN
99%
-0.68 compared to last week
START
86%
-6.44 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
46%
-12.46 compared to last week
START
32%
-5.38 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Manny Machado
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Manny Machado

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH 3B . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 8th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 16th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 402nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.266
  • Ranked 195th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 202nd with 0.323
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 125th with 0.450
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 140th with 0.773
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 520th with 1
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 73rd with 77
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 150th in runs scored with 62
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.042, OBP: -0.049, HRs: -25, RBI: -69, Runs: -55, Wlks: -38, Stls: -2,
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 11th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.340 and is currently ranked 86th
  • Ranked 106th in batting average with 0.271
  • Top 50 on base percentage and is currently ranked 38th with 0.369
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 196th with 0.419
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 112th with 0.788
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 534th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 428th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 387th in runs scored with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.271, OBP: +0.369, HRs: +2, RBI: +18, Runs: +21, Wlks: +14, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Manny Machado

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Manny Machado
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS COLDakota HudsonL 4-5
May 14VS COLCal QuantrillL 3-6
May 15VS COLAustin GomberL 0-8
May 17@ATLMax Fried
May 18@ATLBryce Elder
May 19@ATLReynaldo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.083001.1540.08303
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 CLEJon GrayW 4-0
May 17VS LAATyler Anderson
May 18VS LAAPatrick Sandoval
May 19VS LAAJose Soriano
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167010.1670.16703
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Manny Machado
19.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Smith
8.89
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Manny Machado
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2012 BAL 51 49 7 24 26 2 9 .257 .289 .429 126
2013 BAL 156 189 14 88 71 6 29 .283 .314 .427 429
2014 BAL 79 88 10 36 28 2 19 .279 .324 .419 187
2015 BAL 162 181 35 102 86 20 70 .286 .359 .502 561
2016 BAL 157 189 37 105 96 0 48 .295 .345 .534 531
2017 BAL 156 163 33 81 95 9 50 .259 .310 .471 484
2018 BAL 162 188 37 84 107 12 70 .297 .367 .538 573
2019 SD 156 150 32 81 85 5 65 .256 .334 .462 448
2020 SD 66 72 18 47 50 6 27 .287 .351 .558 255
2021 SD 151 153 28 91 106 12 61 .275 .342 .487 604
2022 SD 152 168 32 96 97 9 67 .288 .361 .520 590
2023 SD 141 140 30 75 91 3 50 .258 .319 .462 505
2024 SD 41 35 5 20 22 1 12 .216 .270 .340 111
ON PACE 144 123 17 70 77 3 42 .216 .270 .340 390
3-YEAR AVG 148 154 30 87 98 8 59 .274 .341 .490 566
Career 1630 1765 318 930 960 87 577 .276 .336 .483
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 91 124 2063 88 52 0 7-3 4.89 1.43 6.4 207
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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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs DET 09:40 EDT EST Ryne Nelson
Tarik Skubal
ATL vs SD 07:20 EDT EST Max Fried
Matt Waldron
BAL vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
Bryce Miller
BOS @STL 08:15 EDT EST Brayan Bello
Kyle Gibson
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Kyle Hendricks
Paul Skenes
CHW @NYY 07:05 EDT EST Mike Clevinger
Nestor Cortes
CIN @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Frankie Montas
James Paxton
CLE vs MIN 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Simeon Woods Richardson
COL @SF 10:15 EDT EST Ryan Feltner
Kyle Harrison
HOU vs MIL 08:10 EDT EST Hunter Brown
Freddy Peralta
KC vs OAK 07:40 EDT EST Cole Ragans
LAA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Andrew Heaney
MIA vs NYM 07:10 EDT EST Jesus Luzardo
Christian Scott
PHI vs WAS 06:40 EDT EST Zack Wheeler
Jake Irvin
TB @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Tyler Alexander
Chris Bassitt
Matchup Time
IND vs NY 8:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS vs FLA 7:00 PM EST
COL vs DAL 10:00 PM EST