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Esteury Ruiz or Christian Walker

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Esteury Ruiz

Esteury Ruiz

CFOakland Athletics OAK
Christian Walker

Christian Walker

1BArizona Diamondbacks ARI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ruiz over Walker

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Esteury Ruiz
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walker over Ruiz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Christian Walker
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Performance Esteury Ruiz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222000.4290.22204
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250233.3810.62517
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Christian Walker
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.304166.3460.47806
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2221611.3570.311013
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Esteury Ruiz
OWN
57%
-7.45 compared to last week
START
47%
+15.57 compared to last week
OWN/START Christian Walker
OWN
99%
-0.65 compared to last week
START
80%
-13.32 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Esteury Ruiz
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Christian Walker
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Esteury Ruiz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 57th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 100th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is in a heck of a slump. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 200th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.307
  • Ranked 165th in batting average with 0.259
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 206th with 0.321
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 153rd with 0.441
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 165th with 0.761
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 173rd with 27
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 397th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 391st in runs scored with 20
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.096, OBP: +0.134, HRs: -3, RBI: -43, Runs: -42, Wlks: -17, Stls: -65,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Christian Walker

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 6th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 3rd.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 331st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.277
  • Ranked 252nd in batting average with 0.244
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 111th with 0.347
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 138th with 0.449
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 118th with 0.796
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 157th with 13
  • Top 20 in walks and is currently ranked 20th with 62
  • Top 35 in RBI and is currently ranked 33rd with 72
  • Top 35 in runs scored and is currently ranked 34th with 69
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 84th with 22
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.002, OBP: +0.043, HRs: -29, RBI: -89, Runs: -69, Wlks: -48, Stls: -13,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Esteury Ruiz

No Injury Reported

Injury Christian Walker

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Esteury Ruiz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@NYYLucas ErcegW 0-2
Apr 23@NYYMarcus StromanL 4-3
Apr 24@NYYClarke SchmidtL 7-3
Apr 25@NYYAlex WoodW 1-3
Apr 26@BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 27@BALCole Irvin
Apr 28@BALAlbert Suarez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143000.3640.14303
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Christian Walker
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLTommy HenryW 1-14
Apr 24@STLKyle GibsonL 5-1
Apr 26@SEAEmerson Hancock
Apr 27@SEAGeorge Kirby
Apr 28@SEALogan Gilbert
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300145.4230.45006
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Esteury Ruiz
13.33
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Christian Walker
20.30
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Esteury Ruiz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 SD 16 6 0 1 2 1 0 .194 .194 .290 23
2023 OAK 134 114 5 47 47 67 20 .254 .306 .345 438
2024 OAK 10 7 2 5 4 2 3 .304 .379 .696 37
ON PACE 62 43 12 31 24 12 18 .304 .379 .696 230
3-YEAR AVG 75 60 3 24 25 34 10 .250 .299 .342 231
Career 160 127 7 53 53 70 23 .252 .304 .358
Career Christian Walker
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2014 BAL 6 3 1 1 1 0 1 .167 .211 .389 6
2015 BAL 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .333 .111 2
2017 BAL 11 3 2 2 2 0 1 .273 .429 .909 13
2018 BAL 37 8 3 6 6 1 3 .163 .226 .388 25
2019 ARI 152 137 29 86 73 8 67 .259 .348 .476 417
2020 ARI 57 59 7 35 34 1 19 .271 .333 .459 165
2021 ARI 114 97 10 54 46 0 38 .245 .316 .384 302
2022 ARI 148 129 35 81 90 2 67 .240 .328 .484 530
2023 ARI 175 163 34 93 109 17 75 .254 .336 .483 650
2024 ARI 26 25 4 20 17 0 17 .260 .379 .406 92
ON PACE 162 155 24 124 105 0 105 .260 .379 .406 573
3-YEAR AVG 146 130 26 76 82 6 60 .247 .328 .458 494
Career 733 625 125 378 378 29 291 .250 .333 .459
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MIA vs WAS 07:10 EDT EST Jesus Luzardo
Trevor Williams
MIL vs NYY 08:10 EDT EST Colin Rea
Luis Gil
NYM vs STL 07:10 EDT EST Jose Butto
Miles Mikolas
PHI @SD 09:40 EDT EST Aaron Nola
Joe Musgrove
PIT @SF 10:15 EDT EST Quinn Priester
Kyle Harrison
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IND vs MIL 5:30 PM EST
MIN @PHO 10:30 PM EST
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