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Josh Smith or Yordan Alvarez

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Josh Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.238011.2380.28606
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.220035.2730.268112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.261001.2920.30406
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.244124.3060.356012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
43%
-12.25 compared to last week
START
34%
-2.65 compared to last week
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
97%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
5th
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 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 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.350 and is currently ranked 57th
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.277 and is currently ranked 92nd
  • Top 50 on base percentage and is currently ranked 38th with 0.369
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 183rd with 0.423
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 103rd with 0.793
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 466th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 439th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 385th in runs scored with 22
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.277, OBP: +0.369, HRs: +2, RBI: +18, Runs: +22, Wlks: +14, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 6th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 20th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 157th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.316
  • Top 35 in batting average with 0.301 and is currently ranked 31st
  • Top 15 on base percentage and is currently ranked 14th with 0.394
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 16th with 0.555
  • Top 20 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 16th with 0.949
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 105th in RBI with 77
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 97th with 71
  • Top 50 in HRs and is currently ranked 50th with 28
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.043, OBP: -0.086, HRs: -27, RBI: -83, Runs: -60, Wlks: -54, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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 AndersonL 3-9
May 18VS LAAYerry RodriguezW 3-2
May 19VS LAAJose Soriano
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250011.2500.30005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS OAKSpencer ArrighettiW 9-2
May 14VS OAKJosh HaderW 2-1
May 15VS OAKFramber ValdezW 3-0
May 16VS OAKCristian JavierW 8-1
May 17VS MILHunter BrownW 5-4
May 18VS MILHoby MilnerL 2-4
May 19VS MILColin Rea
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222000.2630.22205
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Smith
9.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yordan Alvarez
21.59
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 87 119 1977 84 50 0 6-3 4.89 1.43 6.4 198
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 Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 45 44 8 23 20 0 16 .253 .323 .425 143
ON PACE 158 154 28 81 70 0 56 .253 .323 .425 503
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 587 604 147 380 434 2 291 .291 .385 .571
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs DET 04:10 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Matt Manning
ATL vs SD 07:10 EDT EST Bryce Elder
Yu Darvish
BAL vs SEA 01:35 EDT EST Corbin Burnes
George Kirby
BOS @STL 01:05 EDT EST Nick Pivetta
Matthew Liberatore
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Mitch Keller
CHW @NYY 01:35 EDT EST Chris Flexen
Carlos Rodon
CIN @LAD 04:10 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
CLE vs MIN 01:40 EDT EST Tanner Bibee
Chris Paddack
COL @SF 04:05 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Jordan Hicks
HOU vs MIL 02:10 EDT EST Spencer Arrighetti
Colin Rea
KC vs OAK 02:10 EDT EST Brady Singer
JP Sears
LAA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Michael Lorenzen
MIA vs NYM 01:40 EDT EST Sixto Sanchez
Sean Manaea
PHI vs WAS 01:35 EDT EST Aaron Nola
Trevor Williams
TB @TOR 01:37 EDT EST Aaron Civale
Alek Manoah
Matchup Time
DEN vs MIN 8:00 PM EST
IND @NY 3:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
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