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Josh Naylor or Oneil Cruz

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

Josh Naylor

1BCleveland Guardians CLE
Oneil Cruz

Oneil Cruz

SSPittsburgh Pirates PIT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Naylor over Cruz

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Josh Naylor
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cruz over Naylor

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Oneil Cruz
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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 Oneil Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273020.3850.36417
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.188141.2640.292113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Naylor
OWN
99%
+2.97 compared to last week
START
94%
+3.9 compared to last week
OWN/START Oneil Cruz
OWN
84%
-5.69 compared to last week
START
73%
+2.74 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Oneil Cruz
10th
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 Oneil Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 10th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 29th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.351 and is currently ranked 55th
  • Ranked 296th in batting average with 0.237
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 390th with 0.282
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 348th with 0.351
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 378th with 0.632
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 617th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 531st in RBI with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 548th in runs scored with 8
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.013, OBP: -0.093, HRs: +2, RBI: +4, Runs: +1, Wlks: -1, 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 Oneil Cruz

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 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 Oneil Cruz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MILJared JonesW 4-2
Apr 23VS MILBailey FalterW 2-1
Apr 24VS MILBryan HudsonL 2-3
Apr 25VS MILJared KoenigL 5-7
Apr 26@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 27@SFJordan Hicks
Apr 28@SFKeaton Winn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.462020.5330.61504
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Naylor
18.37
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Oneil Cruz
16.58
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 Oneil Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 PIT 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 .333 .333 .667 9
2022 PIT 76 68 17 40 53 9 23 .236 .294 .472 238
2023 PIT 21 8 1 7 4 3 7 .250 .375 .375 49
2024 PIT 26 24 3 8 8 2 8 .242 .299 .364 52
ON PACE 162 149 18 49 49 12 49 .242 .299 .364 324
3-YEAR AVG 33 26 6 16 20 4 10 .240 .304 .468 99
Career 125 103 22 57 68 14 38 .241 .303 .444
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