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Josh Naylor or Max Kepler

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

Josh Naylor

1BCleveland Guardians CLE
Max Kepler

Max Kepler

RFMinnesota Twins MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Naylor over Kepler

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Naylor
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kepler over Naylor

 
 
 
 
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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
Performance Max Kepler
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500052.5000.70003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500052.5000.70004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Naylor
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
95%
+0.26 compared to last week
OWN/START Max Kepler
OWN
15%
-0.18 compared to last week
START
10%
+9.53 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Max Kepler
69th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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,
Breakdown Max Kepler

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 69th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 139th.
  • 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

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.338 and is currently ranked 80th
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.282 and is currently ranked 75th
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 100th with 0.349
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 76th with 0.489
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 63rd with 0.838
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 412th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 184th in RBI with 46
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 170th in runs scored with 51
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.06, OBP: -0.105, HRs: -24, RBI: -61, Runs: -71, Wlks: -45, Stls: -1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Naylor

No Injury Reported

Injury Max Kepler

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Max Kepler
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWJoe RyanW 6-3
Apr 25VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500052.5000.70003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Naylor
18.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Max Kepler
12.21
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 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
Career Max Kepler
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 -1
2016 MIN 113 92 17 52 63 6 42 .232 .307 .422 290
2017 MIN 147 124 19 67 69 6 47 .243 .312 .425 355
2018 MIN 156 119 20 80 58 4 71 .224 .319 .408 386
2019 MIN 137 132 36 98 90 1 63 .248 .334 .510 474
2020 MIN 50 39 9 28 23 3 25 .222 .324 .426 139
2021 MIN 121 88 19 60 54 10 53 .210 .304 .414 387
2022 MIN 111 84 9 52 42 3 49 .223 .318 .343 325
2023 MIN 143 119 24 73 66 1 46 .258 .328 .475 433
2024 MIN 10 6 0 2 5 0 1 .200 .226 .267 18
ON PACE 70 42 0 14 35 0 7 .200 .226 .267 126
3-YEAR AVG 125 97 17 62 54 5 49 .232 .317 .415 382
Career 991 804 153 512 470 34 397 .234 .317 .430
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CHC vs HOU 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
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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
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DEN @LAL 10:00 PM EST
NY @PHI 7:30 PM EST
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