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Taylor Ward or Garrett Cooper

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

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Garrett Cooper

Garrett Cooper

1B
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Cooper

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cooper over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Garrett Cooper
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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 Garrett Cooper
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143020.2500.14304
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.208031.2690.20807
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
95%
+4.81 compared to last week
START
60%
-24.74 compared to last week
OWN/START Garrett Cooper
OWN
 
1%
+0.31 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.46 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Garrett Cooper
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 52nd
  • 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 247th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 125th in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 235th 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 Garrett Cooper

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 33rd.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.336 and is currently ranked 90th
  • Ranked 189th in batting average with 0.256
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 199th with 0.324
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 199th with 0.417
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 198th with 0.741
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 278th in RBI with 31
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 343rd in runs scored with 25
  • 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: +0.021, OBP: +0.039, HRs: -16, RBI: -55, Runs: -39, Wlks: -27, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Garrett Cooper

No Injury Reported

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 Garrett Cooper
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
16.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Garrett Cooper
10.81
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 Garrett Cooper
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 NYY 13 14 0 3 6 0 1 .326 .333 .488 25
2018 MIA 14 7 0 2 2 0 4 .212 .316 .242 10
2019 MIA 107 107 15 52 50 0 33 .281 .344 .444 249
2020 MIA 39 37 7 22 23 0 14 .268 .344 .486 108
2021 MIA 72 57 9 29 32 1 30 .273 .373 .455 193
2022 MIA 113 101 9 35 49 0 38 .258 .335 .413 282
2023 MIA 132 105 17 42 61 0 31 .249 .302 .417 310
2024 CHC 13 10 1 3 6 0 4 .270 .341 .432 29
ON PACE 87 67 6 20 40 0 27 .270 .341 .432 195
3-YEAR AVG 106 88 12 35 47 0 33 .257 .330 .423 262
Career 503 438 58 188 229 1 155 .265 .334 .431
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