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Taylor Ward or Byron Buxton

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

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Byron Buxton

Byron Buxton

CFMinnesota Twins MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Buxton

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Buxton over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Byron Buxton
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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
Performance Byron Buxton
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400133.4290.70006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.256155.2680.487013
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
96%
+1.99 compared to last week
START
67%
-20.12 compared to last week
OWN/START Byron Buxton
OWN
41%
+2.33 compared to last week
START
31%
+8.56 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Byron Buxton
35th
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 233rd 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 65th 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 236th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 124th in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 228th 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 Byron Buxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 35th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 90th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 161st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.315
  • Ranked 357th in batting average with 0.222
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 447th with 0.266
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 230th with 0.403
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 316th with 0.669
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 572nd with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 358th in RBI with 21
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 410th in runs scored with 18
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.04, OBP: -0.014, HRs: -16, RBI: -32, Runs: -42, Wlks: -34, Stls: -9,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Byron Buxton

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 Byron Buxton
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWJoe RyanW 6-3
Apr 25VS CHWCole SandsW 6-3
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500112.5561.00003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
16.82
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Byron Buxton
13.69
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 Byron Buxton
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 46 27 2 16 6 2 6 .209 .250 .326 52
2016 MIN 92 67 10 44 38 10 23 .225 .284 .430 194
2017 MIN 140 117 16 69 51 29 38 .253 .314 .413 332
2018 MIN 28 14 0 8 4 5 3 .156 .183 .200 29
2019 MIN 87 71 10 48 46 15 19 .262 .314 .513 248
2020 MIN 41 33 13 19 27 3 2 .254 .267 .577 110
2021 MIN 60 69 18 47 30 9 13 .307 .361 .644 253
2022 MIN 93 76 28 61 51 6 34 .224 .306 .526 314
2023 MIN 97 63 17 49 42 9 35 .207 .293 .436 265
2024 MIN 23 19 1 7 10 0 1 .247 .280 .403 44
ON PACE 155 128 6 47 67 0 6 .247 .280 .403 297
3-YEAR AVG 83 69 21 52 41 8 27 .239 .315 .525 277
Career 707 556 115 368 305 88 174 .239 .299 .465
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