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Taylor Ward or Darin Ruf

Who Should I Start? - Week 19 • Start New
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

RF • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Darin Ruf

Darin Ruf

LF • New York Mets NYM
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.235122.3810.47105
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.227254.2860.409011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Darin Ruf
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333000.3330.66702
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333031.3330.50005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
76%
-1.91 compared to last week
START
62%
-4.87 compared to last week
OWN/START Darin Ruf
OWN
 
5%
+0.02 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-0.53 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
40th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Darin Ruf
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 41st among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 32nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Julio Rodriguez
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 105th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.331
  • Ranked 110th in batting average with 0.271
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 61st with 0.356
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 119th with 0.453
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 84th with 0.809
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 335th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 327th in RBI with 44
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 240th in runs scored with 56
  • 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: +0.02, OBP: +0.03, HRs: +6, RBI: +6, Runs: +16, Wlks: +21, Stls: +2,
Breakdown Darin Ruf

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B DH LF . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among LF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 60th.
  • The current leader among LF's is Julio Rodriguez

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 181st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.314
  • Ranked 266th in batting average with 0.245
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 120th with 0.342
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 190th with 0.426
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 152nd with 0.767
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 395th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 240th in RBI with 60
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 256th in runs scored with 60
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.042, OBP: -0.06, HRs: -6, RBI: -7, Runs: EVEN, Wlks: -13, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Darin Ruf

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Aug 15VS SEAMunoz 2-4L 6-2
Aug 16VS SEARay 9-8L 8-2
Aug 17VS SEAKirby
Aug 19@DETManning
Aug 20@DETAlexander
Aug 21@DETHutchison
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.302027.3330.358013
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Darin Ruf
DateOpponentResult
Aug 15@ATLStrider 7-4L 13-1
Aug 16@ATLMorton 6-5L 5-0
Aug 17@ATLOdorizzi
Aug 18@ATL
Aug 19@PHINola
Aug 20@PHIWheeler
Aug 20@PHIFalter
Aug 21@PHISyndergaard
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.298048.3940.351220
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
8.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Darin Ruf
5.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Taylor Ward
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 LAA 40 24 6 14 15 2 9 .178 .245 .333 65
2019 ANA 20 8 1 4 2 0 6 .190 .292 .333 15
2020 LAA 33 26 0 16 5 2 7 .283 .333 .391 55
2021 LAA 66 52 8 33 33 1 20 .250 .329 .438 190
2022 LAA 86 85 14 49 39 3 41 .270 .359 .454 277
ON PACE 119 117 19 67 54 4 56 .270 .359 .454 383
3-YEAR AVG 40 29 3 18 13 1 11 .251 .326 .412 86
Career 245 195 29 116 94 8 83 .246 .326 .415
Career Darin Ruf
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2012 PHI 10 10 3 4 7 0 0 .345 .333 .724 28
2013 PHI 73 62 14 36 30 0 33 .247 .348 .458 169
2014 PHI 50 21 3 12 7 0 8 .216 .297 .381 48
2015 PHI 106 63 12 30 39 1 21 .235 .300 .414 169
2016 PHI 43 17 3 8 9 0 4 .205 .236 .337 37
2020 SF 39 24 5 11 18 1 13 .282 .378 .529 78
2021 SF 119 70 16 40 42 2 44 .263 .373 .500 292
2022 SF 88 58 9 39 33 2 31 .225 .319 .368 208
ON PACE 122 81 12 54 46 2 43 .225 .319 .368 290
3-YEAR AVG 79 47 11 26 30 2 29 .268 .374 .507 185
Career 528 325 65 180 185 6 154 .243 .329 .438
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BAL @NYJ
BUF @LAR
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CIN vs PIT
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DET vs PHI
GB @MIN
HOU vs IND
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MIA vs NE
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ARI @SF 3:45 PM EST Gallen
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ATL vs NYM 7:20 PM EST
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BAL vs CHC 3:05 PM EST Watkins
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BOS @PIT 7:05 PM EST Eovaldi
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CHW vs HOU 2:10 PM EST Giolito
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COL @STL 1:15 PM EST Senzatela
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KC @TB 7:10 PM EST Keller
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LAD @MIL 2:10 PM EST Heaney
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NYY vs TOR 7:05 PM EST Montas
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OAK @TEX 2:05 PM EST Logue
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SD vs WAS 9:40 PM EST Darvish
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