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Taylor Ward or Andrew Benintendi

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Andrew Benintendi

Andrew Benintendi

LFChicago White Sox CHW
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Benintendi

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Benintendi over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Andrew Benintendi
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Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167123.2860.37507
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2504128.2980.519113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Andrew Benintendi
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143021.1430.19005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.189031.1890.216010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
97%
+6.12 compared to last week
START
60%
-25.25 compared to last week
OWN/START Andrew Benintendi
OWN
11%
-1.89 compared to last week
START
 
6%
-1.79 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Andrew Benintendi
90th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 7th.
  • 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 232nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.300
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.291 and is currently ranked 52nd
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 64th with 0.360
  • Top 25 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 21st with 0.570
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.930
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 247th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 125th in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 235th in runs scored with 30
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.024, OBP: -0.02, HRs: -7, RBI: -24, Runs: -44, Wlks: -33, Stls: -2,
Breakdown Andrew Benintendi

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 90th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 104th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 427th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.253
  • Ranked 359th in batting average with 0.221
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 409th with 0.279
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 449th with 0.302
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 448th with 0.580
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 620th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 317th in RBI with 26
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 245th in runs scored with 37
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.095, OBP: -0.12, HRs: -5, RBI: -41, Runs: -68, Wlks: -48, Stls: -13,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Andrew Benintendi

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS BALAlbert SuarezL 2-4
Apr 23VS BALGriffin CanningW 7-4
Apr 24VS BALDean KremerL 5-6
Apr 26VS MINBailey Ober
Apr 27VS MINChris Paddack
Apr 28VS MINPablo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.217365.2500.65206
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Andrew Benintendi
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@MINChris PaddackL 7-0
Apr 23@MINJay JacksonL 6-5
Apr 24@MINJoe RyanL 6-3
Apr 25@MINSimeon Woods Richardson
Apr 26VS TBZach Eflin
Apr 27VS TBAaron Civale
Apr 28VS TBZack Littell
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250020.2500.37502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
16.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Andrew Benintendi
10.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 25 28 7 16 23 2 6 .277 .315 .525 105
ON PACE 162 181 45 103 149 12 38 .277 .315 .525 680
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 420 359 57 211 187 16 144 .257 .332 .436
Career Andrew Benintendi
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 BOS 34 31 2 16 14 1 10 .295 .359 .476 80
2017 BOS 151 154 20 84 90 20 70 .269 .350 .422 470
2018 BOS 148 168 16 103 87 21 71 .290 .366 .465 519
2019 BOS 137 143 13 72 68 10 59 .267 .344 .433 383
2020 BOS 14 4 0 4 1 1 11 .103 .314 .128 15
2021 KC 132 132 17 63 71 8 35 .274 .321 .442 434
2022 KC 126 139 5 54 51 8 52 .307 .377 .404 408
2023 CHW 153 147 5 72 45 13 52 .262 .325 .356 459
2024 CHW 22 14 0 4 4 0 4 .167 .205 .190 35
ON PACE 148 94 0 27 27 0 27 .167 .205 .190 236
3-YEAR AVG 137 139 9 63 56 10 46 .279 .340 .398 434
Career 917 932 78 472 431 82 364 .273 .344 .413
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