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Nolan Jones or Matt Carpenter

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Nolan Jones

Nolan Jones

3B • Cleveland Indians CLE
Matt Carpenter

Matt Carpenter

2B • New York Yankees NYY
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Nolan Jones
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.100000.1000.10004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.207144.2330.37909
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 Nolan Jones
OWN
11%
-13.84 compared to last week
START
 
6%
-14.16 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 Nolan Jones
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Matt Carpenter
34th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nolan Jones

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 53rd.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 35 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.366 and is currently ranked 33rd
  • Ranked 177th in batting average with 0.258
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 128th with 0.338
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 199th with 0.424
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 161st with 0.762
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 536th in RBI with 13
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 589th in runs scored with 10
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.258, OBP: +0.338, HRs: +2, RBI: +13, Runs: +10, Wlks: +8, Stls: EVEN,
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 362nd 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 Nolan Jones

No Injury Reported

Injury Matt Carpenter

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nolan Jones
DateOpponentResult
Aug 09@DETAlexander
Aug 10@DETHutchison
Aug 11@DET
Aug 12@TORWhite
Aug 13@TORGausman
Aug 14@TORKikuchi
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286011.4440.28603
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 Nolan Jones
4.92
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Matt Carpenter
18.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Nolan Jones
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CLE 23 17 2 10 13 0 8 .258 .338 .424 59
ON PACE 34 25 3 15 19 0 12 .258 .338 .424 88
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 23 17 2 10 13 0 8 .258 .338 .424
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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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
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BAL vs TOR 7:05 PM EST Lyles
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CHC vs WAS 8:05 PM EST Thompson
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LAA @OAK 9:40 PM EST Suarez
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NYY @SEA 10:10 PM EST Taillon
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SD vs SF 9:40 PM EST Snell
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