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Shohei Ohtani or Walker Buehler

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DHLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
Walker Buehler

Walker Buehler

SPLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ohtani over Buehler

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Shohei Ohtani
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Buehler over Ohtani

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Walker Buehler
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Performance Shohei Ohtani
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.421267.5600.94715
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.4293810.5100.786411
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Walker Buehler
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Shohei Ohtani
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
99%
+10.26 compared to last week
OWN/START Walker Buehler
OWN
96%
+2.04 compared to last week
START
 
8%
-0.49 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Shohei Ohtani
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Walker Buehler
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Shohei Ohtani

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 1st.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 15 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.396 and is currently ranked 14th
  • Among the best in batting average with 0.327 and is currently ranked 5th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 2nd with 0.444
  • Among the best in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 4th with 0.651
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 1st with 1.096
  • Top 50 in steals and is currently ranked 36th with 14
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 42nd with 59
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 127th in RBI with 43
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 37th with 63
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 51st with 19
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.067, OBP: +0.021, HRs: -38, RBI: -79, Runs: -80, Wlks: -78, Stls: -15,
Breakdown Walker Buehler

    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.
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Shohei Ohtani

No Injury Reported

Injury Walker Buehler

ELBOW - Since Mar 19, 2024

Buehler is recovering from Tommy John surgery and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to return in late April.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Shohei Ohtani
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
.455135.4780.72725
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Walker Buehler
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
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Shohei Ohtani
26.92
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Walker Buehler
11.85
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Shohei Ohtani
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 ANA 1 . . . 0
2018 ANA 114 92 22 59 61 10 37 .282 .358 .561 457
2019 ANA 106 110 18 51 62 12 33 .286 .343 .505 309
2020 LAA 45 28 7 23 23 7 22 .185 .289 .358 103
2021 LAA 157 137 46 103 100 26 96 .259 .376 .599 885
2022 LAA 148 148 31 84 87 11 69 .271 .355 .516 540
2023 LAA 139 151 44 102 95 20 91 .304 .412 .654 697
2024 LAD 26 39 6 22 16 5 13 .371 .433 .695 139
ON PACE 162 243 37 137 99 31 81 .371 .433 .695 866
3-YEAR AVG 148 145 40 96 94 19 85 .277 .380 .587 707
Career 736 705 174 444 444 91 361 .278 .369 .562
Career Walker Buehler
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 LAD 8 9.1 192 12 8 0 1-0 7.71 2.04 11.6 17
2018 LAD 24 137.1 2173 151 37 0 8-5 2.62 0.96 9.9 391
2019 LAD 32 195.0 3055 230 43 0 15-4 3.09 1.03 10.6 568
2020 LAD 13 61.2 1050 81 23 0 3-0 2.77 1.05 11.8 174
2021 LAD 36 220.0 3380 225 59 0 16-5 2.7 1.02 9.2 623
2022 LAD 12 65.0 1046 58 17 0 5-3 4.02 1.29 8 141
ON PACE 74 405 6517 361 105 0 31-18 4.02 1.29 8 878
3-YEAR AVG 16 95 1475 94 25 0 7-3 3.03 1.08 8.9 255
Career 125 683.2 10896 757 187 0 0-0 3.01 1.06 10
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