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Max Kepler or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Max Kepler

Max Kepler

RF • Minnesota Twins MIN
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LF • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kepler over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Ward over Kepler

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Max Kepler
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.375041.3750.50002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.375041.3750.50003
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.240012.3450.32017
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2553107.3160.471113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Max Kepler
OWN
14%
-0.53 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+4.64 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
94%
+3.91 compared to last week
START
84%
+1.46 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Max Kepler
68th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
40th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Max Kepler

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 68th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 145th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 111th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.330
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.277 and is currently ranked 95th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 108th with 0.346
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 81st with 0.485
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 74th with 0.831
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 419th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 193rd in RBI with 44
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 173rd in runs scored with 50
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.135, OBP: -0.171, HRs: -24, RBI: -63, Runs: -72, Wlks: -45, Stls: -1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 40th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 211th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.305
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.292 and is currently ranked 48th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 58th with 0.363
  • Top 25 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.559
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 27th with 0.922
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 224th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 139th in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 252nd in runs scored with 29
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.025, OBP: -0.018, HRs: -8, RBI: -26, Runs: -45, Wlks: -33, Stls: -2,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Max Kepler

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Max Kepler
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWGarrett Crochet
Apr 25VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.375041.3750.50002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS BALAlbert SuarezL 2-4
Apr 23VS BALGriffin CanningW 7-4
Apr 24VS BALDean Kremer
Apr 26VS MIN
Apr 27VS MINChris Paddack
Apr 28VS MINPablo Lopez
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211244.2500.57905
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Max Kepler
12.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Max Kepler
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 -1
2016 MIN 113 92 17 52 63 6 42 .232 .307 .422 290
2017 MIN 147 124 19 67 69 6 47 .243 .312 .425 355
2018 MIN 156 119 20 80 58 4 71 .224 .319 .408 386
2019 MIN 137 132 36 98 90 1 63 .248 .334 .510 474
2020 MIN 50 39 9 28 23 3 25 .222 .324 .426 139
2021 MIN 121 88 19 60 54 10 53 .210 .304 .414 387
2022 MIN 111 84 9 52 42 3 49 .223 .318 .343 325
2023 MIN 143 119 24 73 66 1 46 .258 .328 .475 433
2024 MIN 9 4 0 1 4 0 1 .143 .172 .179 12
ON PACE 66 29 0 7 29 0 7 .143 .172 .179 88
3-YEAR AVG 125 97 17 62 54 5 49 .232 .317 .415 382
Career 990 802 153 511 469 34 397 .233 .317 .429
Career Taylor Ward
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 LAA 40 24 6 14 15 2 9 .178 .245 .333 65
2019 ANA 20 8 1 4 2 0 6 .190 .292 .333 15
2020 LAA 33 26 0 16 5 2 7 .283 .333 .391 55
2021 LAA 66 52 8 33 33 1 20 .250 .329 .438 190
2022 LAA 127 131 21 68 62 5 57 .284 .364 .474 431
2023 LAA 109 90 14 60 47 4 39 .253 .335 .421 333
2024 LAA 24 27 6 15 21 2 6 .278 .317 .505 98
ON PACE 162 182 40 101 141 13 40 .278 .317 .505 661
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 419 358 56 210 185 16 144 .257 .333 .434
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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