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Will Smith or Taijuan Walker

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Will Smith

Will Smith

CLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
Taijuan Walker

Taijuan Walker

SPPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Walker

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walker over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Performance Will Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.176022.3000.29405
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.219053.3160.281010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taijuan Walker
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Will Smith
OWN
97%
-2.67 compared to last week
START
92%
-6.45 compared to last week
OWN/START Taijuan Walker
OWN
17%
+4.15 compared to last week
START
 
3%
+0.64 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Will Smith
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taijuan Walker
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Will Smith

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among C's is Salvador Perez
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 151st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.317
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.276 and is currently ranked 96th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 123rd with 0.344
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 201st with 0.415
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 169th with 0.759
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 455th with 2
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 75th with 54
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 168th in runs scored with 51
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.066, OBP: +0.02, HRs: -18, RBI: -61, Runs: -71, Wlks: -55, Stls: -3,
Breakdown Taijuan Walker

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Will Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Taijuan Walker

SHOULDER - Since Mar 25, 2024

Walker is battling a right shoulder impingement and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to return in late April.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Will Smith
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@WASAlex VesiaW 1-4
Apr 24@WASJake Irvin
Apr 25@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 26@TORChris Bassitt
Apr 27@TORYusei Kikuchi
Apr 28@TORKevin Gausman
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.091020.1540.09103
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taijuan Walker
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@CINRanger SuarezW 0-7
Apr 23@CINFernando CruzL 8-1
Apr 24@CINNick Lodolo
Apr 25@CINNick Martinez
Apr 26@SDJoe Musgrove
Apr 27@SDDylan Cease
Apr 28@SDMichael King
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Will Smith
18.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taijuan Walker
10.47
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Will Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2012 KC 17 95.2 1502 63 35 0 6-10 5.27 1.62 5.9 181
2013 KC 19 31.0 489 43 7 0 2-1 3.77 1 12.5 101
2014 MIL 72 54.1 1046 78 30 1 1-3 4.14 1.56 12.9 144
2015 MIL 76 51.2 1061 91 24 0 7-2 3.48 1.47 15.9 187
2016 MIL 53 31.0 650 48 18 0 2-4 4.35 1.58 13.9 97
2018 SF 54 48.1 813 71 15 14 2-3 2.79 1.08 13.2 242
2019 SF 63 63.0 1043 96 21 34 6-0 2.86 1.05 13.7 436
2020 LAD 25 22.0 364 25 7 0 4-3 4.5 0.91 10.2 55
2021 ATL 80 77.0 1205 92 31 43 5-6 2.81 1.06 10.8 391
2022 LAD 58 53.2 885 57 23 5 0-2 4.02 1.36 9.6 117
ON PACE 375 345 5734 369 149 32 0-12 4.02 1.36 9.6 757
3-YEAR AVG 46 43 697 50 18 16 2-3 3.3 1.19 10.3 169
Career 517 518.1 9058 664 211 0 0-0 3.87 1.33 11.5
Career Taijuan Walker
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 SEA 3 15.0 233 12 4 0 1-0 3.6 1 7.2 39
2014 SEA 6 30.0 488 28 16 0 2-3 2.7 1.27 8.4 74
2015 SEA 29 167.1 2632 157 40 0 11-8 4.63 1.21 8.4 409
2016 SEA 25 132.0 2311 119 37 0 8-11 4.3 1.26 8.1 306
2017 ARI 28 155.0 2743 146 61 0 9-9 3.54 1.35 8.5 367
2018 ARI 3 13.0 224 9 5 0 0-0 3.46 1.54 6.2 23
2019 ARI 1 1.0 15 1 0 0 0-0 0 1 9 3
2020 SEA 11 53.1 884 50 19 0 4-3 2.7 1.16 8.4 132
2021 NYM 28 150.0 2359 137 55 0 7-10 4.44 1.19 8.2 288
2022 NYM 28 153.0 2419 122 45 0 12-5 3.59 1.2 7.2 349
2023 PHI 31 170.1 2839 138 71 0 15-6 4.44 1.33 7.3 367
ON PACE 209 1149 19163 931 479 0 101-40 4.44 1.33 7.3 2476
3-YEAR AVG 29 157 2539 132 57 0 11-7 4.18 1.25 7.6 335
Career 193 1033.0 17147 919 353 0 0-0 4.05 1.26 8
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