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Taylor Ward or Joey Meneses

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

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Joey Meneses

Joey Meneses

1BWashington Nationals WAS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Meneses

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Meneses over Ward

 
 
 
 
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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 Joey Meneses
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278040.3330.27815
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.280061.3670.28017
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
96%
+5.49 compared to last week
START
86%
+3.02 compared to last week
OWN/START Joey Meneses
OWN
 
7%
-2.14 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-0.4 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
40th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Joey Meneses
7th
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 211th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.305
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.292 and is currently ranked 48th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 58th with 0.363
  • Top 25 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.559
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 27th with 0.922
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 224th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 139th in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 252nd in runs scored with 29
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.025, OBP: -0.018, HRs: -8, RBI: -26, Runs: -45, Wlks: -33, Stls: -2,
Breakdown Joey Meneses

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH 1B . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 7th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 29th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 253rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.294
  • Ranked 190th in batting average with 0.255
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 241st with 0.314
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 256th with 0.393
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 248th with 0.707
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 621st with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 150th in RBI with 56
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 204th in runs scored with 43
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.05, OBP: -0.012, HRs: -13, RBI: -78, Runs: -69, Wlks: -31, Stls: +1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Joey Meneses

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 Joey Meneses
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS LADAlex VesiaL 1-4
Apr 24VS LADLandon Knack
Apr 25VS LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
Apr 26@MIAJesus Luzardo
Apr 27@MIAEdward Cabrera
Apr 28@MIARyan Weathers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000010.2500.00012
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
16.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Joey Meneses
12.93
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 Joey Meneses
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 WAS 46 61 12 26 28 1 10 .347 .378 .614 182
2023 WAS 155 165 13 71 86 0 38 .274 .320 .400 461
2024 WAS 18 15 0 2 8 1 7 .224 .308 .239 37
ON PACE 132 110 0 14 58 7 51 .224 .308 .239 272
3-YEAR AVG 101 113 13 49 57 1 24 .290 .333 .448 322
Career 219 241 25 99 122 2 55 .285 .331 .431
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @STL 01:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Kyle Gibson
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Sixto Sanchez
BAL @LAA 04:07 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Tyler Anderson
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Carlos Carrasco
CHC vs HOU 07:40 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Spencer Arrighetti
CHW @MIN 07:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Joe Ryan
CIN vs PHI 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Spencer Turnbull
COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST
Matt Waldron
DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Shawn Armstrong
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Yariel Rodriguez
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Landon Knack
Jake Irvin
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
Josh Fleming
NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Blake Snell
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Joe Boyle
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Bryce Miller
Jon Gray
Matchup Time
BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST