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Will Smith or Dylan Carlson

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Will Smith

Will Smith

CLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
Dylan Carlson

Dylan Carlson

CFSt. Louis Cardinals STL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Carlson

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Will Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Carlson over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Dylan Carlson
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Performance Will Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.231022.3330.38504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273185.3420.424010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Dylan Carlson
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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 Will Smith
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
96%
+1.13 compared to last week
OWN/START Dylan Carlson
OWN
 
2%
+0.76 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Will Smith
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Dylan Carlson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 135th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.321
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.280 and is currently ranked 86th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 112th with 0.346
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 191st with 0.420
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 162nd with 0.766
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 424th with 2
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 71st with 54
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 166th in runs scored with 51
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.083, OBP: +0.031, HRs: -18, RBI: -61, Runs: -71, Wlks: -56, Stls: -3,
Breakdown Dylan Carlson

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among CF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 278th.
  • The current leader among CF's is Juan Soto
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Shoulder (Since Mar 26, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 518th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.204
  • Ranked 513th in batting average with 0.167
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 249th with 0.313
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 530th with 0.212
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 494th with 0.525
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 844th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 530th in RBI with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 535th in runs scored with 8
  • 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.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.221, OBP: -0.317, HRs: -5, RBI: -27, Runs: -26, Wlks: -26, Stls: -3,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Will Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Dylan Carlson

SHOULDER - Since Mar 26, 2024

Carlson is dealing with a left shoulder AC joint sprain and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in early May.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Will Smith
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@WASPatrick Corbin
Apr 24@WASJake Irvin
Apr 25@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 26@TORChris Bassitt
Apr 27@TORYusei Kikuchi
Apr 28@TORKevin Gausman
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143020.1250.14302
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Dylan Carlson
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy Henry
Apr 24VS ARIJordan Montgomery
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Will Smith
18.94
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Dylan Carlson
7.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 391 360 5973 384 155 33 0-13 4.02 1.36 9.6 788
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
Career Dylan Carlson
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 STL 39 24 2 11 11 3 11 .202 .273 .328 60
2021 STL 153 143 16 77 60 2 57 .268 .345 .431 432
2022 STL 123 96 8 52 39 5 42 .237 .317 .383 336
2023 STL 86 48 5 26 27 3 26 .221 .317 .336 195
2024 STL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 2
ON PACE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 14
3-YEAR AVG 121 96 10 52 42 3 42 .248 .330 .396 321
Career 403 311 31 166 137 13 136 .244 .325 .390
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