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Taylor Ward or Matt Carpenter

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

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Matt Carpenter

Matt Carpenter

DHSt. Louis Cardinals STL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Carpenter

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Carpenter over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167123.2860.37507
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 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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
97%
+6.32 compared to last week
START
62%
-22.99 compared to last week
OWN/START Matt Carpenter
OWN
 
1%
-0.17 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Matt Carpenter
Not Ranked
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 232nd 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 64th with 0.360
  • Top 25 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 21st with 0.570
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.930
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 221st with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 126th in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 234th 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 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 490th 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 82nd with 0.355
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 467th with 0.292
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 354th with 0.647
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 592nd in RBI with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 588th 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,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

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.
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 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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
16.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Matt Carpenter
9.08
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 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
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BOS @CLE 01:10 EDT EST Chase Anderson
Triston McKenzie
CHC vs HOU 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
Justin Verlander
CHW @MIN 01:10 EDT EST Michael Soroka
Simeon Woods Richardson
CIN vs PHI 01:10 EDT EST Nick Martinez
Zack Wheeler
COL vs SD 03:10 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Randy Vasquez
KC vs TOR 02:10 EDT EST Cole Ragans
Jose Berrios
LAD @WAS 04:05 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
MacKenzie Gore
MIL @PIT 12:35 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Mitch Keller
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Nestor Cortes
Alex Wood
SEA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Luis Castillo
Andrew Heaney
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CLE @ORL 7:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 10:00 PM EST
NY @PHI 7:30 PM EST
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CAR @NYI 7:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 7:00 PM EST