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Christian Walker or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Christian Walker

Christian Walker

1BArizona Diamondbacks ARI
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walker over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Christian Walker
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Walker

 
 
 
 
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Performance Christian Walker
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.240017.4060.28007
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3040411.4580.326013
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.290273.2810.51617
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2913135.3100.473213
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Christian Walker
OWN
100%
+0.54 compared to last week
START
93%
-1.55 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
93%
+22.07 compared to last week
START
85%
+25.99 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Christian Walker
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Christian Walker

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 8th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 7th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 346th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.275
  • Ranked 269th in batting average with 0.241
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 108th with 0.347
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 145th with 0.447
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 128th with 0.794
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 166th with 13
  • Top 15 in walks and is currently ranked 14th with 60
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 75th with 66
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 49th with 63
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.011, OBP: +0.053, HRs: -30, RBI: -95, Runs: -75, Wlks: -50, Stls: -13,
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 162nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.315
  • Top 35 in batting average with 0.302 and is currently ranked 35th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 69th with 0.361
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 18th with 0.584
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 21st with 0.945
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 243rd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 128th in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 256th in runs scored with 27
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.041, OBP: -0.028, HRs: -8, RBI: -26, Runs: -47, Wlks: -37, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Christian Walker

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Christian Walker
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS CHCKeegan ThompsonL 2-3
Apr 16VS CHCKevin GinkelW 12-11
Apr 17VS CHCHayden WesneskiL 3-5
Apr 18@SFLogan WebbL 5-0
Apr 19@SFJordan MontgomeryW 1-17
Apr 20@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 21@SFJordan Hicks
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.158016.3330.21105
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@TBLuis GarciaW 3-7
Apr 16@TBGarrett CleavingerL 7-6
Apr 17@TBHunter StricklandW 4-5
Apr 18@TBRyan PepiotL 2-1
Apr 19@CINNick LodoloL 7-1
Apr 20@CINGraham Ashcraft
Apr 21@CINFrankie Montas
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.314172.3240.42928
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Christian Walker
20.28
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Christian Walker
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2014 BAL 6 3 1 1 1 0 1 .167 .211 .389 6
2015 BAL 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .333 .111 2
2017 BAL 11 3 2 2 2 0 1 .273 .429 .909 13
2018 BAL 37 8 3 6 6 1 3 .163 .226 .388 25
2019 ARI 152 137 29 86 73 8 67 .259 .348 .476 417
2020 ARI 57 59 7 35 34 1 19 .271 .333 .459 165
2021 ARI 114 97 10 54 46 0 38 .245 .316 .384 302
2022 ARI 148 129 35 81 90 2 67 .240 .328 .484 530
2023 ARI 175 163 34 93 109 17 75 .254 .336 .483 650
2024 ARI 21 21 3 17 12 0 15 .266 .396 .405 72
ON PACE 162 162 23 131 92 0 115 .266 .396 .405 555
3-YEAR AVG 146 130 26 76 82 6 60 .247 .328 .458 494
Career 728 621 124 375 373 29 289 .250 .333 .459
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 20 25 6 13 21 2 2 .294 .307 .541 87
ON PACE 162 202 48 105 170 16 16 .294 .307 .541 704
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 415 356 56 208 185 16 140 .258 .332 .436
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