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Nelson Cruz or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz

DH
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cruz over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nelson Cruz
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Taylor Ward
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Performance Nelson Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200123.3330.45006
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nelson Cruz
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
96%
+2.47 compared to last week
START
81%
-6.41 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nelson Cruz
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nelson Cruz

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
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 231st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.300
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.291 and is currently ranked 51st
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 70th with 0.360
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 17th with 0.570
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 22nd with 0.930
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 235th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 130th in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 244th 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,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nelson Cruz

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nelson Cruz
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
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 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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nelson Cruz
11.18
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nelson Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2008 31 38 7 19 26 3 17 N/A N/A N/A 138
2009 TEX 129 120 33 76 76 20 51 N/A N/A N/A 392
2010 TEX 108 127 22 60 78 16 38 N/A N/A N/A 354
2011 TEX 126 125 29 64 86 9 32 N/A N/A N/A 324
2012 TEX 159 152 23 86 90 8 48 .260 .319 .455 436
2013 TEX 108 110 27 49 77 5 35 .269 .327 .511 326
2014 BAL 153 160 38 85 101 4 54 .273 .337 .524 488
2015 SEA 152 178 44 90 93 3 60 .302 .369 .566 501
2016 SEA 155 169 43 96 105 2 62 .287 .360 .555 515
2017 SEA 155 160 39 91 119 1 70 .288 .375 .549 517
2018 SEA 144 133 37 70 97 1 55 .256 .342 .509 427
2019 MIN 123 143 42 83 109 0 60 .308 .393 .636 480
2020 MIN 55 57 16 33 35 0 27 .300 .398 .595 179
2021 MIN 148 136 32 78 84 3 51 .262 .331 .491 495
2022 WAS 128 102 10 48 63 4 47 .233 .311 .338 323
2023 SD 59 35 5 9 23 1 6 .245 .283 .399 110
ON PACE 341 202 28 52 133 5 34 .245 .283 .399 636
3-YEAR AVG 112 91 16 45 57 3 35 .248 .317 .418 309
Career 1933 1945 447 1037 1262 80 713 .348 .426 .515
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
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