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Taylor Ward or Matt Carpenter

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

RF • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Matt Carpenter

Matt Carpenter

2B • New York Yankees NYY
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.238132.2610.42905
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.163135.2600.256112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Matt Carpenter
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273000.3330.36403
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.296112.3450.55609
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
79%
-3.12 compared to last week
START
68%
+22.51 compared to last week
OWN/START Matt Carpenter
OWN
81%
-2.31 compared to last week
START
76%
+2.49 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Matt Carpenter
34th
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 33rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Julio Rodriguez
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.341 and is currently ranked 77th
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.277 and is currently ranked 81st
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 52nd with 0.360
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 100th with 0.462
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 70th with 0.822
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 314th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 327th in RBI with 42
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 244th in runs scored with 54
  • 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: +0.027, OBP: +0.035, HRs: +5, RBI: +4, Runs: +14, Wlks: +18, Stls: +2,
Breakdown Matt Carpenter

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH RF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 35th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 31st.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Marcus Semien
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 136th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.322
  • Ranked 140th in batting average with 0.264
  • Top 15 on base percentage and is currently ranked 15th with 0.385
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 16th with 0.565
  • Top 15 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 13th with 0.950
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 367th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 353rd in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 390th in runs scored with 33
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.15, OBP: +0.123, HRs: +11, RBI: +13, Runs: +8, Wlks: -17, Stls: -1,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Matt Carpenter

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Aug 08@OAKIrvin
Aug 09@OAKKaprielian
Aug 10@OAKBlackburn
Aug 12VS MINMahle
Aug 13VS MINBundy
Aug 14VS MINArcher
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.350264.4350.80005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Matt Carpenter
DateOpponentResult
Aug 08@SEAGilbert
Aug 09@SEACastillo
Aug 10@SEARay
Aug 12@BOSEovaldi
Aug 13@BOSCrawford
Aug 14@BOSHill
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.4644148.5711.03608
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
9.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Matt Carpenter
18.29
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 79 80 13 47 37 3 38 .277 .364 .464 260
ON PACE 117 118 19 69 54 4 56 .277 .364 .464 386
3-YEAR AVG 40 29 3 18 13 1 11 .251 .326 .412 86
Career 238 190 28 114 92 8 80 .248 .327 .418
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 42 37 14 26 34 0 17 .325 .434 .772 176
ON PACE 62 54 20 38 50 0 25 .325 .434 .772 261
3-YEAR AVG 106 53 8 34 33 2 42 .203 .325 .347 191
Career 1364 1179 168 768 614 25 708 .264 .369 .459
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