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Harold Castro or Wander Franco

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Harold Castro

Harold Castro

2B • Detroit Tigers DET
Wander Franco

Wander Franco

SS • Tampa Bay Rays TB
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Owners starting Franco over Castro

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Harold Castro
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.467023.4670.60004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333044.3710.39409
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Wander Franco
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Harold Castro
OWN
 
5%
+0.5 compared to last week
START
 
4%
+0.6 compared to last week
OWN/START Wander Franco
OWN
95%
-0.67 compared to last week
START
15%
-4.23 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Harold Castro
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Wander Franco
21st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Harold Castro

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B 3B SS . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 32nd.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Marcus Semien

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 116th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.328
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.282 and is currently ranked 60th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 335th with 0.301
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 275th with 0.397
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 293rd with 0.698
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 646th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 340th in RBI with 41
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 326th in runs scored with 42
  • 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: -0.011, OBP: -0.005, HRs: +1, RBI: -14, Runs: -12, Wlks: -3, Stls: -1,
Breakdown Wander Franco

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SS DH . However, he plays SS most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 21st among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 27th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Trea Turner
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Wrist (Late August?). Look at his player news.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 247th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.299
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.286 and is currently ranked 51st
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 138th with 0.334
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 113th with 0.456
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 105th with 0.790
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 270th with 5
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 228th in RBI with 61
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 177th in runs scored with 81
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.015, OBP: -0.028, HRs: -3, RBI: -18, Runs: -22, Wlks: -9, Stls: +3,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Harold Castro

No Injury Reported

Injury Wander Franco

WRIST - Late August?

Wrist
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Harold Castro
DateOpponentResult
Aug 09VS CLEBieber
Aug 10VS CLECivale
Aug 11VS CLEPlesac
Aug 12@CHWKopech
Aug 13@CHWGiolito
Aug 14@CHWLynn
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.324123.3750.486011
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Wander Franco
DateOpponentResult
Aug 09@MILPeralta
Aug 10@MILWoodruff
Aug 12VS BALWatkins
Aug 13VS BALLyles
Aug 14VS BALBradish
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.368051.3330.47415
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Harold Castro
5.83
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Wander Franco
5.02
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Harold Castro
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 DET 6 3 0 2 0 1 0 .300 .300 .300 6
2019 DET 96 103 5 30 38 4 9 .292 .306 .385 179
2020 DET 22 17 0 6 3 0 5 .347 .407 .429 30
2021 DET 108 87 3 34 36 1 14 .282 .307 .356 233
2022 DET 72 62 4 22 22 0 11 .271 .302 .393 175
ON PACE 106 91 5 32 32 0 16 .271 .302 .393 257
3-YEAR AVG 75 69 3 23 26 2 9 .291 .314 .376 147
Career 304 272 12 94 99 6 39 .286 .311 .379
Career Wander Franco
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 TB 73 84 9 55 43 2 24 .286 .343 .473 298
2022 TB 55 57 5 32 23 5 15 .271 .316 .410 199
ON PACE 82 85 7 48 34 7 22 .271 .316 .410 298
3-YEAR AVG 73 84 9 55 43 2 24 .286 .343 .473 298
Career 128 141 14 87 66 7 39 .280 .332 .446
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ARI vs KC
ATL vs NO
BAL @NYJ
BUF @LAR
CAR vs CLE
CHI vs SF
CIN vs PIT
DAL vs TB
DEN @SEA
DET vs PHI
GB @MIN
HOU vs IND
JAC @WAS
LAC vs LV
MIA vs NE
NYG @TEN
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs PIT 9:40 PM EST Bumgarner
Keller
ATL @BOS 7:10 PM EST Wright
Pivetta
BAL vs TOR 7:05 PM EST Kremer
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CHC vs WAS 2:20 PM EST Steele
Gray
CHW @KC 8:10 PM EST Cueto
Bubic
CIN @NYM 1:10 PM EST Zeuch
Walker
CLE @DET 7:10 PM EST Civale
Hutchison
COL vs STL 8:40 PM EST Freeland
Quintana
HOU vs TEX 8:10 PM EST Verlander
Otto
LAA @OAK 3:37 PM EST
Blackburn
LAD vs MIN 10:10 PM EST
Gray
MIA @PHI 7:05 PM EST Alcantara
Syndergaard
MIL vs TB 2:10 PM EST Woodruff
Springs
NYY @SEA 4:10 PM EST Cortes
Ray
SD vs SF 4:10 PM EST Manaea
Junis
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