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Josh Bell or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Josh Bell

Josh Bell

1BMiami Marlins MIA
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bell over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Bell
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Bell

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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Performance Josh Bell
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.120124.2140.24007
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.174238.2690.348013
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 Josh Bell
OWN
35%
+0.76 compared to last week
START
21%
+4.68 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
95%
+4.48 compared to last week
START
86%
+3.17 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Bell
30th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Bell

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B DH . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 30th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 296th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.285
  • Ranked 200th in batting average with 0.253
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 191st with 0.326
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 167th with 0.435
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 169th with 0.761
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 179th in RBI with 46
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 121st in runs scored with 50
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.063, OBP: -0.039, HRs: -19, RBI: -66, Runs: -39, Wlks: -52, Stls: EVEN,
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 234th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.299
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.291 and is currently ranked 55th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 70th with 0.360
  • Top 25 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.557
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 27th with 0.917
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 261st with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 136th in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 257th in runs scored with 28
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.024, OBP: -0.025, HRs: -8, RBI: -26, Runs: -46, Wlks: -34, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Bell

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Bell
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@ATLBryce ElderL 3-0
Apr 23@ATLMax FriedL 5-0
Apr 24@ATLReynaldo Lopez
Apr 26VS WASTrevor Williams
Apr 27VS WASMitchell Parker
Apr 28VS WASPatrick Corbin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.176113.2630.41205
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
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211244.2500.57905
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Bell
13.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Bell
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2010 BAL 53 34 3 15 12 0 2 N/A N/A N/A 23
2011 BAL 26 10 0 6 6 0 4 N/A N/A N/A 1
2012 ARI 21 9 1 3 4 0 4 .173 .232 .269 18
2016 PIT 44 35 3 18 18 0 21 .276 .373 .409 100
2017 PIT 159 140 26 75 90 2 66 .255 .334 .466 433
2018 PIT 148 131 12 74 62 2 77 .261 .357 .411 371
2019 PIT 143 145 37 94 116 0 74 .275 .365 .567 524
2020 PIT 57 44 8 22 22 0 23 .229 .312 .370 110
2021 WAS 143 126 27 72 86 0 62 .262 .347 .480 493
2022 WAS 157 153 19 80 74 0 74 .274 .360 .440 524
2023 CLE 153 139 22 53 75 0 63 .250 .327 .423 444
2024 MIA 25 17 3 14 9 0 11 .187 .288 .319 69
ON PACE 162 110 19 90 58 0 71 .187 .288 .319 447
3-YEAR AVG 151 139 23 68 78 0 66 .262 .345 .446 487
Career 1129 983 161 526 574 4 481 .271 .356 .451
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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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
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BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
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BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST