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Josh Naylor or Jared Walsh

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Josh Naylor

Josh Naylor

1B • Cleveland Indians CLE
Jared Walsh

Jared Walsh

1B • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Josh Naylor
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200000.2940.20014
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250122.3140.43829
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jared Walsh
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.158112.2000.31605
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.130112.2000.239012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Naylor
OWN
71%
-7.98 compared to last week
START
58%
+21.06 compared to last week
OWN/START Jared Walsh
OWN
77%
-7.3 compared to last week
START
61%
-5.93 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
44th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jared Walsh
27th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Naylor

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B DH RF . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 45th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Freddie Freeman
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 353rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.282
  • Ranked 118th in batting average with 0.269
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 230th with 0.319
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 89th with 0.469
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 107th with 0.789
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 336th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 241st in RBI with 48
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 428th in runs scored with 28
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.011, OBP: +0.013, HRs: +5, RBI: +27, Runs: EVEN, Wlks: +6, Stls: +2,
Breakdown Jared Walsh

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 28th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 23rd.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Freddie Freeman
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 206th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.309
  • Ranked 238th in batting average with 0.249
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 333rd with 0.302
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 184th with 0.428
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 228th with 0.730
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 164th in RBI with 80
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 236th in runs scored with 66
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.043, OBP: -0.061, HRs: -15, RBI: -57, Runs: -32, Wlks: -28, Stls: -2,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Josh Naylor

No Injury Reported

Injury Jared Walsh

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Naylor
DateOpponentResult
Aug 09@DETAlexander
Aug 10@DETHutchison
Aug 11@DET
Aug 12@TORWhite
Aug 13@TORGausman
Aug 14@TORKikuchi
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.226374.2780.516010
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jared Walsh
DateOpponentResult
Aug 08@OAKIrvin
Aug 09@OAKKaprielian
Aug 10@OAKBlackburn
Aug 12VS MINMahle
Aug 13VS MINBundy
Aug 14VS MINArcher
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.083112.1540.25006
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Naylor
9.79
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jared Walsh
4.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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 79 70 12 28 48 3 20 .269 .319 .469 257
ON PACE 119 105 18 42 72 4 30 .269 .319 .469 389
3-YEAR AVG 69 50 6 24 21 1 15 .258 .312 .406 137
Career 285 221 29 101 110 6 64 .261 .314 .426
Career Jared Walsh
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 LAA 36 16 1 6 5 0 6 .203 .276 .329 35
2020 LAA 33 29 9 19 26 0 5 .282 .313 .621 106
2021 LAA 143 145 29 70 98 2 47 .277 .340 .512 478
2022 LAA 96 82 14 38 41 0 19 .234 .279 .413 233
ON PACE 144 123 21 57 61 0 28 .234 .279 .413 349
3-YEAR AVG 71 63 13 32 43 1 19 .270 .329 .508 206
Career 308 272 53 133 170 2 77 .258 .312 .476
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