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Austin Barnes or Willson Contreras

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Austin Barnes

Austin Barnes

CLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
Willson Contreras

Willson Contreras

CSt. Louis Cardinals STL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Barnes over Contreras

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Austin Barnes
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Contreras over Barnes

 
 
 
 
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Performance Austin Barnes
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.2500.00003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143010.2500.14304
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Willson Contreras
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278123.4800.50016
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333146.4400.548112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Austin Barnes
OWN
 
1%
-0.03 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.01 compared to last week
OWN/START Willson Contreras
OWN
88%
+3.38 compared to last week
START
70%
+0.99 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Austin Barnes
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Willson Contreras
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Austin Barnes

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 56th.
  • The current leader among C's is William Contreras
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 282nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.288
  • Ranked 227th in batting average with 0.248
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 251st with 0.313
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 385th with 0.337
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 347th with 0.650
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 548th in RBI with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 489th in runs scored with 12
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.069, OBP: +0.113, HRs: -2, RBI: -12, Runs: -14, Wlks: -14, Stls: -2,
Breakdown Willson Contreras

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: C DH . However, he plays C most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 7th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among C's is William Contreras
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 20 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.386 and is currently ranked 19th
  • Among the best in batting average with 0.325 and is currently ranked 6th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 4th with 0.430
  • Top 15 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 14th with 0.584
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 4th with 1.014
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 285th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 202nd in RBI with 43
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 249th in runs scored with 35
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.033, OBP: +0.066, HRs: -16, RBI: -58, Runs: -43, Wlks: -39, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Austin Barnes

No Injury Reported

Injury Willson Contreras

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Austin Barnes
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@WASAlex VesiaW 1-4
Apr 24@WASLandon KnackW 2-11
Apr 25@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 26@TORChris Bassitt
Apr 27@TORYusei Kikuchi
Apr 28@TORKevin Gausman
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250010.2500.25002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Willson Contreras
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIKyle GibsonW 5-1
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286113.3750.52406
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Austin Barnes
3.82
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Willson Contreras
15.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Austin Barnes
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 LAD 20 6 0 4 1 1 6 .207 .361 .276 18
2016 LAD 21 5 0 3 2 0 5 .156 .270 .188 12
2017 LAD 102 63 8 35 38 4 39 .289 .408 .486 205
2018 LAD 100 41 4 32 14 4 31 .205 .329 .290 110
2019 LAD 75 43 5 28 25 3 23 .203 .293 .340 126
2020 LAD 39 29 2 18 12 3 16 .259 .359 .339 76
2021 LAD 79 43 6 28 23 1 20 .216 .298 .347 164
2022 LAD 56 32 7 27 21 2 24 .201 .314 .371 159
2023 LAD 85 32 2 15 13 2 17 .180 .254 .242 134
2024 LAD 8 4 0 1 1 0 3 .250 .368 .250 11
ON PACE 49 24 0 6 6 0 18 .250 .368 .250 68
3-YEAR AVG 73 36 5 23 19 2 20 .200 .288 .319 152
Career 585 298 34 191 150 20 184 .220 .323 .342
Career Willson Contreras
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 CHC 75 69 12 32 35 2 26 .276 .352 .484 185
2017 CHC 117 104 21 50 74 5 45 .276 .356 .499 318
2018 CHC 138 118 10 50 54 4 53 .249 .339 .390 290
2019 CHC 105 99 24 57 64 1 38 .275 .357 .536 303
2020 CHC 60 45 7 34 25 1 22 .234 .363 .396 131
2021 CHC 128 96 21 61 57 6 52 .238 .342 .443 356
2022 CHC 113 99 21 64 54 4 43 .242 .347 .462 369
2023 STL 128 111 19 54 66 6 51 .261 .356 .459 395
2024 STL 20 20 3 11 8 1 12 .294 .422 .529 71
ON PACE 129 129 19 71 51 6 77 .294 .422 .529 460
3-YEAR AVG 123 102 20 60 59 5 49 .247 .348 .455 373
Career 884 761 138 413 437 30 342 .257 .352 .460
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