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Josh Naylor or Alek Thomas

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

Josh Naylor

1BCleveland Guardians CLE
Alek Thomas

Alek Thomas

CFArizona Diamondbacks ARI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Naylor over Thomas

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Naylor
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Thomas over Naylor

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Alek Thomas
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Performance Josh Naylor
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.217272.2500.52216
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2653115.3210.490113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alek Thomas
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Naylor
OWN
100%
+4.04 compared to last week
START
95%
+4.44 compared to last week
OWN/START Alek Thomas
OWN
 
4%
-1.23 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alek Thomas
Not Ranked
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 164th 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 175th with 5
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 57th with 57
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 241st 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 Alek Thomas

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among CF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 141st.
  • The current leader among CF's is Juan Soto
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Hamstring (Since Mar 31, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 415th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.256
  • Ranked 320th in batting average with 0.231
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 435th with 0.269
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 231st with 0.402
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 311th with 0.672
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 404th with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 253rd in RBI with 36
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 220th in runs scored with 41
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.01, OBP: -0.053, HRs: -10, RBI: -37, Runs: -52, Wlks: -21, Stls: -9,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Naylor

No Injury Reported

Injury Alek Thomas

HAMSTRING - Since Mar 31, 2024

Thomas is dealing with a strained left hamstring and has been placed on the 10-day injured list.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Naylor
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS BOSScott BarlowW 4-1
Apr 24VS BOSCooper CriswellL 0-8
Apr 25VS BOSHunter GaddisW 6-4
Apr 26@ATLChris Sale
Apr 27@ATLCharlie Morton
Apr 28@ATLBryce Elder
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.185011.2140.18517
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alek Thomas
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLTommy HenryW 1-14
Apr 24@STLKyle GibsonL 5-1
Apr 26@SEAEmerson Hancock
Apr 27@SEAGeorge Kirby
Apr 28@SEALogan Gilbert
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Naylor
18.37
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alek Thomas
8.65
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 24 26 6 13 20 1 9 .295 .366 .557 106
ON PACE 155 168 38 84 129 6 58 .295 .366 .557 686
3-YEAR AVG 109 104 15 42 65 5 27 .280 .330 .463 363
Career 486 431 61 185 256 19 119 .276 .329 .455
Career Alek Thomas
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 ARI 107 85 8 43 39 4 21 .234 .278 .353 273
2023 ARI 150 97 13 60 45 11 23 .227 .269 .381 364
2024 ARI 6 3 1 2 4 0 0 .214 .214 .500 16
ON PACE 37 18 6 12 24 0 0 .214 .214 .500 99
3-YEAR AVG 129 91 11 52 42 8 22 .230 .273 .368 319
Career 263 185 22 105 88 15 44 .230 .272 .370
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