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Josh Bell or Mike Ford

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Josh Bell

Josh Bell

1BMiami Marlins MIA
Mike Ford

Mike Ford

1BCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bell over Ford

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Bell
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ford over Bell

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Mike Ford
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Performance Josh Bell
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.120124.2140.24007
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.174238.2690.348013
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Mike Ford
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Bell
OWN
24%
-10.18 compared to last week
START
12%
-4.04 compared to last week
OWN/START Mike Ford
OWN
 
0%
-0.9 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Bell
30th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Mike Ford
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Bell

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B DH . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 31st among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 309th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.282
  • Ranked 216th in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 204th with 0.324
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 177th with 0.431
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 182nd with 0.755
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 183rd in RBI with 46
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 126th in runs scored with 50
  • 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: -0.063, OBP: -0.039, HRs: -19, RBI: -66, Runs: -39, Wlks: -52, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown Mike Ford

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 59th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 203rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.307
  • Ranked 313th in batting average with 0.233
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 123rd with 0.344
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 121st with 0.459
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 111th with 0.803
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 351st in RBI with 22
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 370th in runs scored with 22
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.228, OBP: -0.323, HRs: -16, RBI: -34, Runs: -32, Wlks: -24, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Bell

No Injury Reported

Injury Mike Ford

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Bell
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@ATLBryce ElderL 3-0
Apr 23@ATLMax FriedL 5-0
Apr 24@ATLReynaldo Lopez
Apr 26VS WASTrevor Williams
Apr 27VS WASMitchell Parker
Apr 28VS WASPatrick Corbin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.176113.2630.41205
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Mike Ford
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHIFernando CruzW 8-1
Apr 24VS PHISpencer Turnbull
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Bell
13.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Mike Ford
1.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Bell
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2010 BAL 53 34 3 15 12 0 2 N/A N/A N/A 23
2011 BAL 26 10 0 6 6 0 4 N/A N/A N/A 1
2012 ARI 21 9 1 3 4 0 4 .173 .232 .269 18
2016 PIT 44 35 3 18 18 0 21 .276 .373 .409 100
2017 PIT 159 140 26 75 90 2 66 .255 .334 .466 433
2018 PIT 148 131 12 74 62 2 77 .261 .357 .411 371
2019 PIT 143 145 37 94 116 0 74 .275 .365 .567 524
2020 PIT 57 44 8 22 22 0 23 .229 .312 .370 110
2021 WAS 143 126 27 72 86 0 62 .262 .347 .480 493
2022 WAS 157 153 19 80 74 0 74 .274 .360 .440 524
2023 CLE 153 139 22 53 75 0 63 .250 .327 .423 444
2024 MIA 25 17 3 14 9 0 11 .187 .288 .319 69
ON PACE 162 110 19 90 58 0 71 .187 .288 .319 447
3-YEAR AVG 151 139 23 68 78 0 66 .262 .345 .446 487
Career 1129 983 161 526 574 4 481 .271 .356 .451
Career Mike Ford
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 NYY 51 37 12 30 25 0 17 .259 .350 .559 135
2020 NYY 34 12 2 6 12 0 8 .140 .227 .279 40
2021 NYY 22 8 3 6 5 0 11 .133 .278 .283 38
2022 SF 43 21 3 9 9 0 16 .200 .311 .333 78
2023 SEA 98 50 16 32 34 0 24 .228 .323 .475 206
2024 CIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 2
ON PACE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 14
3-YEAR AVG 54 26 7 16 16 0 17 .206 .312 .406 107
Career 250 128 36 83 85 0 76 .209 .309 .424
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Matchups

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SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @STL 01:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Kyle Gibson
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Sixto Sanchez
BAL @LAA 04:07 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Tyler Anderson
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Carlos Carrasco
CHC vs HOU 07:40 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Spencer Arrighetti
CHW @MIN 07:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Joe Ryan
CIN vs PHI 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Spencer Turnbull
COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST
Matt Waldron
DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Shawn Armstrong
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Yariel Rodriguez
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Landon Knack
Jake Irvin
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
Josh Fleming
NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Blake Snell
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Joe Boyle
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Bryce Miller
Jon Gray
Matchup Time
BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST