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Taylor Ward or Oneil Cruz

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Oneil Cruz

Oneil Cruz

SSPittsburgh Pirates PIT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cruz over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.290273.2810.51617
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2913135.3100.473213
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Oneil Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.120121.1540.24006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143131.1760.224112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
93%
+22.07 compared to last week
START
85%
+25.99 compared to last week
OWN/START Oneil Cruz
OWN
89%
-6.58 compared to last week
START
69%
-14.59 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Oneil Cruz
10th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 40th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 162nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.315
  • Top 35 in batting average with 0.302 and is currently ranked 35th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 69th with 0.361
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 18th with 0.584
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 21st with 0.945
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 243rd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 128th in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 256th in runs scored with 27
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.041, OBP: -0.028, HRs: -8, RBI: -26, Runs: -47, Wlks: -37, Stls: -2,
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 28th.
  • 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 0.357 and is currently ranked 53rd
  • Ranked 302nd in batting average with 0.234
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 430th with 0.272
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 323rd with 0.364
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 372nd with 0.635
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 671st with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 555th in RBI with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 530th in runs scored with 8
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.016, OBP: -0.103, HRs: +2, RBI: +2, Runs: +1, Wlks: -3, Stls: -2,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Oneil Cruz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@TBLuis GarciaW 3-7
Apr 16@TBGarrett CleavingerL 7-6
Apr 17@TBHunter StricklandW 4-5
Apr 18@TBRyan PepiotL 2-1
Apr 19@CINNick LodoloL 7-1
Apr 20@CINGraham Ashcraft
Apr 21@CINFrankie Montas
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.314172.3240.42928
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Oneil Cruz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@NYMAdam OttavinoL 6-3
Apr 16@NYMReed GarrettL 3-1
Apr 17@NYMLuis SeverinoL 9-1
Apr 19VS BOSBrayan BelloL 1-8
Apr 20VS BOSKutter Crawford
Apr 21VS BOS
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.125000.1760.12504
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
16.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Oneil Cruz
16.56
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 127 131 21 68 62 5 57 .284 .364 .474 431
2023 LAA 109 90 14 60 47 4 39 .253 .335 .421 333
2024 LAA 20 25 6 13 21 2 2 .294 .307 .541 87
ON PACE 162 202 48 105 170 16 16 .294 .307 .541 704
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 415 356 56 208 185 16 140 .258 .332 .436
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 20 18 3 8 6 1 4 .222 .259 .346 34
ON PACE 162 145 24 64 48 8 32 .222 .259 .346 275
3-YEAR AVG 33 26 6 16 20 4 10 .240 .304 .468 99
Career 119 97 22 57 66 13 34 .237 .295 .444
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