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Matt Carpenter or Josh Naylor

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Matt Carpenter

Matt Carpenter

DHSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Josh Naylor

Josh Naylor

1BCleveland Guardians CLE
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Carpenter over Naylor

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Matt Carpenter
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Naylor over Carpenter

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Naylor
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Performance Matt Carpenter
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Matt Carpenter
OWN
 
1%
-0.09 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Naylor
OWN
100%
+4.04 compared to last week
START
94%
+4.05 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Matt Carpenter
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Matt Carpenter

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Oblique (Since Apr 2, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 488th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.229
  • Ranked 480th in batting average with 0.188
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 78th with 0.355
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 469th with 0.292
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 353rd with 0.647
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 595th in RBI with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 585th in runs scored with 5
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.124, OBP: -0.022, HRs: -5, RBI: -31, Runs: -17, Wlks: -41, Stls: -1,
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 184th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.311
  • Top 20 in batting average with 0.314 and is currently ranked 18th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 33rd with 0.375
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 39th with 0.530
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 31st with 0.905
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 151st with 6
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 60th with 57
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 246th in runs scored with 34
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.015, OBP: +0.01, HRs: -11, RBI: -77, Runs: -39, Wlks: -24, Stls: -9,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Matt Carpenter

OBLIQUE - Since Apr 2, 2024

Carpenter is dealing with a right oblique strain and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in early May.
Injury Josh Naylor

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Matt Carpenter
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
.000.02
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Matt Carpenter
9.03
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Naylor
18.37
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Matt Carpenter
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 STL 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 N/A N/A N/A 2
2012 STL 113 85 5 43 44 1 34 .291 .357 .452 224
2013 STL 157 199 11 126 78 3 72 .318 .388 .481 534
2014 STL 142 150 7 86 57 4 82 .279 .376 .381 389
2015 STL 154 156 28 101 84 4 81 .272 .365 .505 489
2016 STL 129 128 21 81 68 0 81 .271 .380 .505 415
2017 STL 145 120 23 91 69 2 109 .241 .384 .451 435
2018 STL 156 145 36 111 81 4 102 .257 .374 .523 518
2019 STL 137 96 15 60 49 6 66 .223 .332 .386 286
2020 STL 53 27 5 25 29 0 26 .180 .326 .320 100
2021 STL 129 35 3 18 21 1 34 .175 .311 .285 187
2022 NYY 53 40 15 28 37 0 19 .284 .386 .667 187
2023 SD 91 33 5 18 31 1 41 .176 .322 .319 176
2024 STL 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 7
ON PACE 38 19 0 6 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 45
3-YEAR AVG 91 36 8 21 30 1 31 .204 .334 .399 183
Career 1472 1218 174 789 648 26 751 .260 .366 .451
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
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