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Josh Smith or Nick Castellanos

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

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
Nick Castellanos

Nick Castellanos

RFPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Castellanos

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Castellanos over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nick Castellanos
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Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250011.2500.30005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.237035.2750.289111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nick Castellanos
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.091012.1920.09106
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222277.3210.422012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
44%
-8.61 compared to last week
START
34%
-12.05 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Castellanos
OWN
82%
+0.84 compared to last week
START
72%
-4.18 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Castellanos
34th
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 Nick Castellanos

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 35th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 59th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 467th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.250
  • Ranked 420th in batting average with 0.214
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 473rd with 0.263
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 244th with 0.400
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 341st with 0.663
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 464th with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 122nd in RBI with 76
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 166th in runs scored with 57
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.077, OBP: -0.047, HRs: -25, RBI: -90, Runs: -60, Wlks: -22, Stls: -11,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Nick Castellanos

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Nick Castellanos
DateOpponentResult
May 21VS TEXJon Gray
May 22VS TEXAndrew Heaney
May 23VS TEXJose Urena
May 24@COLTy Blach
May 25@COLDakota Hudson
May 26@COLCal Quantrill
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Smith
9.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Castellanos
16.75
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 Nick Castellanos
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2013 DET 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 .278 .278 .278 6
2014 DET 140 128 10 47 62 2 34 .255 .303 .388 277
2015 DET 154 140 15 42 73 0 39 .255 .303 .419 308
2016 DET 109 117 18 54 58 1 28 .287 .334 .501 293
2017 DET 157 167 26 73 101 4 41 .272 .320 .490 453
2018 DET 157 185 23 88 89 2 49 .298 .354 .500 465
2019 DET 150 177 26 98 72 2 40 .289 .336 .520 462
2020 CIN 62 54 15 39 35 0 19 .236 .304 .502 173
2021 CIN 138 160 34 92 100 3 41 .308 .363 .578 557
2022 PHI 153 149 13 63 68 7 32 .260 .302 .382 406
2023 PHI 171 180 34 86 113 12 40 .267 .308 .483 560
2024 PHI 47 34 4 21 17 1 15 .194 .264 .291 108
ON PACE 162 117 13 72 58 3 51 .194 .264 .291 372
3-YEAR AVG 154 163 27 80 94 7 38 .277 .323 .478 508
Career 1449 1496 218 704 788 34 378 .272 .322 .469
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KC vs SF
SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Slade Cecconi
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
ATL vs SD 12:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Dylan Cease
BAL @STL 07:45 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Sonny Gray
BOS @TB 06:50 EDT EST Tanner Houck
Taj Bradley
CHW @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Erick Fedde
Jose Berrios
CLE vs NYM 06:10 EDT EST Ben Lively
Tylor Megill
DET @KC 07:40 EDT EST Reese Olson
Michael Wacha
HOU vs LAA 08:10 EDT EST Framber Valdez
Reid Detmers
MIA vs MIL 06:40 EDT EST Ryan Weathers
Joe Ross
MIN @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Pablo Lopez
Mitchell Parker
NYY vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Marcus Stroman
Logan Gilbert
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