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Oneil Cruz or Josh Smith

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Oneil Cruz

Oneil Cruz

SSPittsburgh Pirates PIT
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cruz over Smith

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Oneil Cruz
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Josh Smith
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Performance Oneil Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.095001.0950.19006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.268268.3020.561111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.350011.3500.40005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.244034.2620.293111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Oneil Cruz
OWN
82%
-2.9 compared to last week
START
59%
-17.46 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
39%
-12.29 compared to last week
START
26%
-12.97 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Oneil Cruz
10th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Oneil Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 21st.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.350 and is currently ranked 54th
  • Ranked 217th in batting average with 0.250
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 348th with 0.295
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 180th with 0.424
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 227th with 0.720
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 436th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 439th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 454th in runs scored with 18
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: EVEN, OBP: -0.08, HRs: +6, RBI: +14, Runs: +11, Wlks: +4, Stls: +1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
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 14th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.358 and is currently ranked 42nd
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 72nd
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 34th with 0.373
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 176th with 0.426
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 96th with 0.798
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 465th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 436th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 395th in runs scored with 22
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.284, OBP: +0.373, HRs: +2, RBI: +18, Runs: +22, Wlks: +14, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Oneil Cruz

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Oneil Cruz
DateOpponentResult
May 21VS SFLogan Webb
May 22VS SFBlake Snell
May 23VS SFMason Black
May 24VS ATL
May 25VS ATLReynaldo Lopez
May 26VS ATLChris Sale
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222000.2220.22213
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
May 21@PHIRanger Suarez
May 22@PHITaijuan Walker
May 23@PHIZack Wheeler
May 24@MINBailey Ober
May 25@MINChris Paddack
May 26@MINPablo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Oneil Cruz
16.32
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Smith
9.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Oneil Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 PIT 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 .333 .333 .667 9
2022 PIT 76 68 17 40 53 9 23 .236 .294 .472 238
2023 PIT 21 8 1 7 4 3 7 .250 .375 .375 49
2024 PIT 47 43 7 18 18 4 11 .250 .295 .424 113
ON PACE 158 145 23 60 60 13 37 .250 .295 .424 381
3-YEAR AVG 33 26 6 16 20 4 10 .240 .304 .468 99
Career 146 122 26 67 78 16 41 .244 .301 .453
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 85 116 1937 82 49 0 6-3 4.89 1.43 6.4 194
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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ATL vs PIT
BAL @KC
CAR @NO
CHI vs TEN
CIN vs NE
CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
DET vs LAR
GB @PHI
HOU @IND
JAC @MIA
LAC vs LV
MIN @NYG
NYJ @SF
TB vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Brandon Pfaadt
Gavin Stone
ATL @CHC 07:40 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Javier Assad
BAL @STL 07:45 EDT EST Kyle Bradish
Lance Lynn
BOS @TB 06:50 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Zack Littell
CHW @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Yusei Kikuchi
CIN vs SD 06:40 EDT EST Andrew Abbott
Joe Musgrove
CLE vs NYM 06:10 EDT EST Carlos Carrasco
Adrian Houser
COL @OAK 09:40 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Aaron Brooks
DET @KC 07:40 EDT EST Casey Mize
Alec Marsh
HOU vs LAA 08:10 EDT EST Cristian Javier
Griffin Canning
MIA vs MIL 06:40 EDT EST Trevor Rogers
Robert Gasser
MIN @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Joe Ryan
Patrick Corbin
NYY vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Bryan Woo
PHI vs TEX 06:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Jon Gray
PIT vs SF 06:40 EDT EST Martin Perez
Logan Webb
Matchup Time
BOS vs IND 8:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
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