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Taylor Ward or Jake McCarthy

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

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Jake McCarthy

Jake McCarthy

RFArizona Diamondbacks ARI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over McCarthy

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McCarthy over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Jake McCarthy
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Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.240012.3450.32017
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2553107.3160.471113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jake McCarthy
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.357014.4120.35705
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.321035.3550.357211
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
95%
+4.48 compared to last week
START
85%
+2.55 compared to last week
OWN/START Jake McCarthy
OWN
 
3%
-0.32 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.16 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jake McCarthy
97th
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 8th.
  • 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 234th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.299
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.291 and is currently ranked 55th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 70th with 0.360
  • Top 25 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.557
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 27th with 0.917
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 261st with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 136th in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 257th in runs scored with 28
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.024, OBP: -0.025, HRs: -8, RBI: -26, Runs: -46, Wlks: -34, Stls: -2,
Breakdown Jake McCarthy

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 98th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 79th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 148th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.319
  • Ranked 249th in batting average with 0.245
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 288th with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 478th with 0.285
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 432nd with 0.591
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 484th with 11
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 489th in RBI with 11
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 394th in runs scored with 20
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.04, OBP: -0.008, HRs: -2, RBI: -10, Runs: -30, Wlks: -24, Stls: -24,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Jake McCarthy

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 Kremer
Apr 26VS MIN
Apr 27VS MINChris Paddack
Apr 28VS MINPablo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211244.2500.57905
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jake McCarthy
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLTommy HenryW 1-14
Apr 24@STLKyle Gibson
Apr 26@SEAGeorge Kirby
Apr 27@SEAEmerson Hancock
Apr 28@SEALogan Gilbert
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.357012.4380.42915
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
16.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jake McCarthy
10.08
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 24 27 6 15 21 2 6 .278 .317 .505 98
ON PACE 162 182 40 101 141 13 40 .278 .317 .505 661
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 419 358 56 210 185 16 144 .257 .333 .434
Career Jake McCarthy
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 ARI 23 12 2 11 4 2 8 .218 .333 .382 50
2022 ARI 89 83 7 50 41 23 22 .296 .357 .443 307
2023 ARI 111 67 2 37 16 26 26 .243 .314 .326 270
2024 ARI 21 15 0 8 6 2 3 .300 .333 .360 48
ON PACE 136 97 0 51 38 12 19 .300 .333 .360 311
3-YEAR AVG 74 54 4 33 20 17 19 .265 .335 .385 209
Career 244 177 11 106 67 53 59 .268 .335 .383
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MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
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NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
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