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Taylor Ward or Willson Contreras

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Willson Contreras

Willson Contreras

CSt. Louis Cardinals STL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Owners starting Contreras over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200123.3330.45006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2504128.2980.519113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Willson Contreras
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278123.4800.50016
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333146.4400.548112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
96%
+2.47 compared to last week
START
81%
-6.41 compared to last week
OWN/START Willson Contreras
OWN
88%
+3.21 compared to last week
START
75%
+5.69 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Willson Contreras
6th
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 7th.
  • 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 231st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.300
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.291 and is currently ranked 51st
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 70th with 0.360
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 17th with 0.570
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 22nd with 0.930
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 235th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 130th in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 244th in runs scored with 30
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.024, OBP: -0.02, HRs: -7, RBI: -24, Runs: -44, Wlks: -33, Stls: -2,
Breakdown Willson Contreras

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: C DH . However, he plays C most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 7th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among C's is William Contreras
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 20 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.386 and is currently ranked 19th
  • Among the best in batting average with 0.325 and is currently ranked 6th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 4th with 0.430
  • Top 15 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 12th with 0.584
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 4th with 1.014
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 268th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 203rd in RBI with 43
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 263rd in runs scored with 35
  • 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: +0.033, OBP: +0.066, HRs: -16, RBI: -58, Runs: -43, Wlks: -39, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Willson Contreras

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS BALAlbert SuarezL 2-4
Apr 23VS BALGriffin CanningW 7-4
Apr 24VS BALDean KremerL 5-6
Apr 26VS MINBailey Ober
Apr 27VS MINChris Paddack
Apr 28VS MINPablo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.217365.2500.65206
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Willson Contreras
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIKyle GibsonW 5-1
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286113.3750.52406
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
16.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Willson Contreras
15.04
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 25 28 7 16 23 2 6 .277 .315 .525 105
ON PACE 162 181 45 103 149 12 38 .277 .315 .525 680
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 420 359 57 211 187 16 144 .257 .332 .436
Career Willson Contreras
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 CHC 75 69 12 32 35 2 26 .276 .352 .484 185
2017 CHC 117 104 21 50 74 5 45 .276 .356 .499 318
2018 CHC 138 118 10 50 54 4 53 .249 .339 .390 290
2019 CHC 105 99 24 57 64 1 38 .275 .357 .536 303
2020 CHC 60 45 7 34 25 1 22 .234 .363 .396 131
2021 CHC 128 96 21 61 57 6 52 .238 .342 .443 356
2022 CHC 113 99 21 64 54 4 43 .242 .347 .462 369
2023 STL 128 111 19 54 66 6 51 .261 .356 .459 395
2024 STL 20 20 3 11 8 1 12 .294 .422 .529 71
ON PACE 129 129 19 71 51 6 77 .294 .422 .529 460
3-YEAR AVG 123 102 20 60 59 5 49 .247 .348 .455 373
Career 884 761 138 413 437 30 342 .257 .352 .460
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