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Christian Walker or Josh Naylor

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Christian Walker

Christian Walker

1BArizona Diamondbacks ARI
Josh Naylor

Josh Naylor

1BCleveland Guardians CLE
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walker over Naylor

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Christian Walker
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Naylor over Walker

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Naylor
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Performance Christian Walker
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.280166.3450.44007
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2221611.3570.311013
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 Christian Walker
OWN
97%
-2.12 compared to last week
START
74%
-23.81 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 Christian Walker
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Christian Walker

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 6th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 3rd.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 331st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.277
  • Ranked 253rd in batting average with 0.244
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 113th with 0.347
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 140th with 0.449
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 117th with 0.796
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 159th with 13
  • Top 20 in walks and is currently ranked 19th with 62
  • Top 35 in RBI and is currently ranked 34th with 72
  • Top 35 in runs scored and is currently ranked 34th with 69
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 88th with 22
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.002, OBP: +0.043, HRs: -29, RBI: -89, Runs: -69, Wlks: -48, Stls: -13,
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 160th 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 56th 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,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Christian Walker

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Naylor

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Christian Walker
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLTommy HenryW 1-14
Apr 24@STLKyle GibsonL 5-1
Apr 26@SEAGeorge Kirby
Apr 27@SEAEmerson Hancock
Apr 28@SEALogan Gilbert
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300145.4230.45006
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 Christian Walker
20.34
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Naylor
18.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Christian Walker
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2014 BAL 6 3 1 1 1 0 1 .167 .211 .389 6
2015 BAL 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .333 .111 2
2017 BAL 11 3 2 2 2 0 1 .273 .429 .909 13
2018 BAL 37 8 3 6 6 1 3 .163 .226 .388 25
2019 ARI 152 137 29 86 73 8 67 .259 .348 .476 417
2020 ARI 57 59 7 35 34 1 19 .271 .333 .459 165
2021 ARI 114 97 10 54 46 0 38 .245 .316 .384 302
2022 ARI 148 129 35 81 90 2 67 .240 .328 .484 530
2023 ARI 175 163 34 93 109 17 75 .254 .336 .483 650
2024 ARI 26 25 4 20 17 0 17 .260 .379 .406 92
ON PACE 162 155 24 124 105 0 105 .260 .379 .406 573
3-YEAR AVG 146 130 26 76 82 6 60 .247 .328 .458 494
Career 733 625 125 378 378 29 291 .250 .333 .459
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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