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Ryan Mountcastle or Josh Naylor

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Ryan Mountcastle

Ryan Mountcastle

1BBaltimore Orioles BAL
Josh Naylor

Josh Naylor

1BCleveland Guardians CLE
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Mountcastle over Naylor

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Ryan Mountcastle
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Naylor over Mountcastle

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Naylor
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Performance Ryan Mountcastle
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.313023.4210.43805
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333137.4150.472010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Naylor
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250282.2500.54206
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2833115.3270.522012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ryan Mountcastle
OWN
71%
+7.28 compared to last week
START
33%
-6.48 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Naylor
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
95%
+0.26 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ryan Mountcastle
23rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ryan Mountcastle

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 23rd 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 doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 35 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.379 and is currently ranked 26th
  • Top 15 in batting average with 0.317 and is currently ranked 15th
  • Top 15 on base percentage and is currently ranked 15th with 0.393
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 84th with 0.480
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 47th with 0.873
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 414th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 208th in RBI with 42
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 152nd in runs scored with 45
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.049, OBP: +0.06, HRs: -16, RBI: -59, Runs: -51, Wlks: -28, Stls: -3,
Breakdown Josh Naylor

    Overview

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

  • Ranked 163rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.315
  • Top 10 in batting average with 0.318 and is currently ranked 10th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 28th with 0.377
  • Top 35 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 35th with 0.536
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 28th with 0.913
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 180th with 5
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 57th with 57
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 228th in runs scored with 34
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.004, OBP: +0.015, HRs: -11, RBI: -77, Runs: -39, Wlks: -25, Stls: -10,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ryan Mountcastle

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Naylor

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ryan Mountcastle
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@LAAAlbert SuarezW 2-4
Apr 23@LAAGriffin CanningL 7-4
Apr 24@LAADean KremerW 5-6
Apr 26VS OAKRoss Stripling
Apr 27VS OAKJP Sears
Apr 28VS OAKPaul Blackburn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333041.4000.46705
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Josh Naylor
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS BOSScott BarlowW 4-1
Apr 24VS BOSCooper CriswellL 0-8
Apr 25VS BOSChase Anderson
Apr 26@ATLChris Sale
Apr 27@ATLCharlie Morton
Apr 28@ATLBryce Elder
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.208011.2080.20806
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ryan Mountcastle
15.17
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Naylor
18.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ryan Mountcastle
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 BAL 35 44 5 12 25 0 10 .349 .396 .500 95
2021 BAL 141 133 33 77 89 4 40 .254 .309 .491 456
2022 BAL 139 127 20 60 79 4 41 .242 .297 .412 397
2023 BAL 125 116 18 65 70 3 38 .267 .325 .447 387
2024 BAL 21 25 2 14 11 0 10 .316 .385 .481 77
ON PACE 141 168 13 94 74 0 67 .316 .385 .481 519
3-YEAR AVG 135 125 24 67 79 4 40 .254 .310 .450 413
Career 461 445 78 228 274 11 139 .264 .320 .456
Career Josh Naylor
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 SD 94 63 8 29 32 1 25 .249 .315 .403 158
2020 SD 42 29 2 16 9 1 5 .279 .318 .413 69
2021 CLE 70 59 7 28 21 1 14 .258 .306 .406 184
2022 CLE 128 114 21 47 77 5 33 .260 .316 .463 422
2023 CLE 128 140 17 52 97 10 33 .310 .356 .491 484
2024 CLE 23 26 6 13 20 0 8 .306 .371 .576 102
ON PACE 155 175 40 87 135 0 54 .306 .371 .576 688
3-YEAR AVG 109 104 15 42 65 5 27 .280 .330 .463 363
Career 485 431 61 185 256 18 118 .276 .329 .456
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BOS @CLE 01:10 EDT EST Chase Anderson
Triston McKenzie
CHC vs HOU 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
Justin Verlander
CHW @MIN 01:10 EDT EST Michael Soroka
Simeon Woods Richardson
CIN vs PHI 01:10 EDT EST Nick Martinez
Zack Wheeler
COL vs SD 03:10 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Randy Vasquez
KC vs TOR 02:10 EDT EST Cole Ragans
Jose Berrios
LAD @WAS 04:05 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
MacKenzie Gore
MIL @PIT 12:35 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Mitch Keller
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Nestor Cortes
Alex Wood
SEA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Luis Castillo
Andrew Heaney
Matchup Time
CLE @ORL 7:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 10:00 PM EST
NY @PHI 7:30 PM EST
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CAR @NYI 7:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 7:00 PM EST