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Ian Desmond or Austin Barnes

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Ian Desmond

Ian Desmond

CF
Austin Barnes

Austin Barnes

CLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Desmond over Barnes

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Ian Desmond
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Barnes over Desmond

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Austin Barnes
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Performance Ian Desmond
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ian Desmond
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Austin Barnes
OWN
 
1%
+0.05 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.36 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ian Desmond
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Austin Barnes
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ian Desmond

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
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 57th.
  • The current leader among C's is Salvador Perez
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 280th 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 384th with 0.337
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 347th with 0.650
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 541st in RBI with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 486th 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,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ian Desmond

No Injury Reported

Injury Austin Barnes

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ian Desmond
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ian Desmond
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Austin Barnes
3.82
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ian Desmond
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2009 WAS 21 23 4 9 12 1 5 N/A N/A N/A 60
2010 WAS 154 141 10 59 65 17 28 N/A N/A N/A 282
2011 WAS 152 146 8 64 49 24 33 N/A N/A N/A 263
2012 WAS 128 146 25 72 73 21 30 .289 .332 .509 418
2013 WAS 158 168 20 77 80 21 43 .280 .331 .452 441
2014 WAS 143 134 21 63 85 22 46 .245 .308 .417 379
2015 WAS 155 136 19 69 62 13 45 .235 .289 .387 333
2016 TEX 156 178 22 107 86 21 44 .285 .335 .446 478
2017 COL 95 93 7 47 40 15 24 .274 .326 .375 225
2018 COL 160 130 22 82 88 20 53 .234 .306 .420 423
2019 COL 141 113 20 64 65 3 34 .255 .310 .479 323
ON PACE 913 732 129 414 421 19 220 .255 .310 .479 2093
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 1463 1408 178 713 705 178 385 .336 .394 .437
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
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