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Austin Barnes or Will Smith

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

Austin Barnes

C • Los Angeles Dodgers LAD
Will Smith

Will Smith

C • Los Angeles Dodgers LAD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Barnes over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Smith over Barnes

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Austin Barnes
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.2500.00002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.100010.2500.10004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Will Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.176022.3000.29405
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.219053.3160.281010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Austin Barnes
OWN
 
2%
+0.01 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.4 compared to last week
OWN/START Will Smith
OWN
97%
-2.67 compared to last week
START
92%
-6.45 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Austin Barnes
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Will Smith
3rd
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 59th.
  • 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 229th in batting average with 0.248
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 241st with 0.313
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 381st with 0.337
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 345th with 0.650
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 548th in RBI with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 487th 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 Will Smith

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among C's is Salvador Perez
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 151st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.317
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.276 and is currently ranked 96th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 123rd with 0.344
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 201st with 0.415
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 169th with 0.759
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 455th with 2
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 75th with 54
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 168th in runs scored with 51
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.066, OBP: +0.02, HRs: -18, RBI: -61, Runs: -71, Wlks: -55, Stls: -3,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Austin Barnes

No Injury Reported

Injury Will Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Austin Barnes
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@WASAlex VesiaW 1-4
Apr 24@WASJake Irvin
Apr 25@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 26@TORChris Bassitt
Apr 27@TORYusei Kikuchi
Apr 28@TORKevin Gausman
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250010.2500.25001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Will Smith
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@WASAlex VesiaW 1-4
Apr 24@WASJake Irvin
Apr 25@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 26@TORChris Bassitt
Apr 27@TORYusei Kikuchi
Apr 28@TORKevin Gausman
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.091020.1540.09103
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Austin Barnes
3.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Will Smith
18.77
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 7 4 0 1 1 0 3 .250 .368 .250 10
ON PACE 45 25 0 6 6 0 19 .250 .368 .250 64
3-YEAR AVG 73 36 5 23 19 2 20 .200 .288 .319 152
Career 584 298 34 191 150 20 184 .220 .323 .342
Career Will Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2012 KC 17 95.2 1502 63 35 0 6-10 5.27 1.62 5.9 181
2013 KC 19 31.0 489 43 7 0 2-1 3.77 1 12.5 101
2014 MIL 72 54.1 1046 78 30 1 1-3 4.14 1.56 12.9 144
2015 MIL 76 51.2 1061 91 24 0 7-2 3.48 1.47 15.9 187
2016 MIL 53 31.0 650 48 18 0 2-4 4.35 1.58 13.9 97
2018 SF 54 48.1 813 71 15 14 2-3 2.79 1.08 13.2 242
2019 SF 63 63.0 1043 96 21 34 6-0 2.86 1.05 13.7 436
2020 LAD 25 22.0 364 25 7 0 4-3 4.5 0.91 10.2 55
2021 ATL 80 77.0 1205 92 31 43 5-6 2.81 1.06 10.8 391
2022 LAD 58 53.2 885 57 23 5 0-2 4.02 1.36 9.6 117
ON PACE 375 345 5734 369 149 32 0-12 4.02 1.36 9.6 757
3-YEAR AVG 46 43 697 50 18 16 2-3 3.3 1.19 10.3 169
Career 517 518.1 9058 664 211 0 0-0 3.87 1.33 11.5
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Week 22
KC vs SF
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