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Bobby Witt Jr. or Javier Baez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Bobby Witt Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

SSKansas City Royals KC
Javier Baez

Javier Baez

SSDetroit Tigers DET
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Witt Jr. over Baez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Bobby Witt Jr.
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Baez over Witt Jr.

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Javier Baez
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Performance Bobby Witt Jr.
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.304033.3600.39136
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.271038.3140.375412
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Javier Baez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278033.3500.38936
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.233175.2770.395314
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Bobby Witt Jr.
OWN
100%
+1.05 compared to last week
START
100%
+1.67 compared to last week
OWN/START Javier Baez
OWN
 
4%
+0.67 compared to last week
START
 
2%
+0.86 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Bobby Witt Jr.
1st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Javier Baez
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Bobby Witt Jr.

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 2nd among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 113th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.327
  • Top 25 in batting average with 0.310 and is currently ranked 24th
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 85th with 0.354
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 17th with 0.580
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 21st with 0.934
  • Top 35 in steals and is currently ranked 26th with 33
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 126th in RBI with 65
  • Top 25 in runs scored and is currently ranked 22nd with 74
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 87th with 22
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.04, OBP: +0.048, HRs: -26, RBI: -85, Runs: -76, Wlks: -33, Stls: -42,
Breakdown Javier Baez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 36th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 25th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 345th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.273
  • Ranked 393rd in batting average with 0.215
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 433rd with 0.270
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 433rd with 0.311
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 447th with 0.581
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 498th with 12
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 316th in RBI with 26
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 290th in runs scored with 32
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.025, OBP: -0.036, HRs: -8, RBI: -50, Runs: -52, Wlks: -21, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Bobby Witt Jr.

No Injury Reported

Injury Javier Baez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Bobby Witt Jr.
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORCole RagansW 2-1
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.455031.5000.54533
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Javier Baez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@TBTarik SkubalW 1-7
Apr 23@TBAlex FaedoW 2-4
Apr 24@TBChris DevenskiL 7-5
Apr 26VS KCSeth Lugo
Apr 27VS KCBrady Singer
Apr 28VS KCMichael Wacha
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273023.3330.36413
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Bobby Witt Jr.
25.15
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Javier Baez
12.04
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Bobby Witt Jr.
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 143 138 18 76 71 28 27 .253 .294 .428 481
2023 KC 158 177 30 97 96 49 40 .277 .319 .496 685
2024 KC 25 32 4 21 11 7 7 .317 .367 .574 113
ON PACE 155 199 24 130 68 43 43 .317 .367 .574 704
3-YEAR AVG 151 158 24 87 84 39 34 .266 .308 .465 583
Career 326 347 52 194 178 84 74 .270 .312 .473
Career Javier Baez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2014 CHC 48 31 8 24 18 5 15 .163 .224 .321 85
2015 CHC 28 22 1 4 4 1 4 .289 .325 .408 33
2016 CHC 141 115 14 50 59 12 15 .274 .315 .424 273
2017 CHC 145 129 23 75 76 9 30 .275 .319 .480 352
2018 CHC 160 177 34 101 111 21 29 .292 .328 .556 537
2019 CHC 138 149 29 89 85 11 28 .281 .317 .533 429
2020 CHC 61 48 8 26 24 3 7 .209 .240 .365 109
2021 CHC 140 129 31 78 85 18 27 .262 .314 .495 429
2022 DET 140 123 17 61 64 9 24 .237 .276 .401 376
2023 DET 140 113 9 58 59 11 24 .222 .268 .327 345
2024 DET 23 15 1 6 9 6 3 .197 .232 .289 54
ON PACE 149 97 6 38 58 38 19 .197 .232 .289 349
3-YEAR AVG 140 122 19 66 69 13 25 .240 .286 .407 383
Career 1164 1051 175 572 594 106 206 .255 .297 .447
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