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Wil Smith or Craig Kimbrel

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

Wil Smith

RPKansas City Royals KC
Craig Kimbrel

Craig Kimbrel

RPBaltimore Orioles BAL
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Kimbrel

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Wil Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kimbrel over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Craig Kimbrel
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Performance Wil Smith
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
18.000-000102.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
11.250-000302.004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Craig Kimbrel
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-003321.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.002-0051020.867
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Wil Smith
OWN
19%
-3.67 compared to last week
START
17%
-2.25 compared to last week
OWN/START Craig Kimbrel
OWN
100%
-0.36 compared to last week
START
88%
-6.31 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Wil Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Craig Kimbrel
12th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Wil Smith

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 478th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 96th with 17
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 274th with 33
  • Top 35 in saves and is currently ranked 27th with 9
  • Top 100 in holds and is currently ranked 93rd with 7
  • 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: W: -2, L: -4, WHIP: +1.13, ERA: +7.216, K's: -49, Walks: -12
Breakdown Craig Kimbrel

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 12th among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 17th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 42nd with 1.07
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 76th
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 53rd with 21
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 36th with 62
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 57th with 6
  • He is among the best in saves and is currently ranked 7th with 21
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -5, L: -6, WHIP: -0.394, ERA: -2.413, K's: -77, Walks: -26
Next Up Health Check
Injury Wil Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Craig Kimbrel

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Wil Smith
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Craig Kimbrel
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@LAAAlbert SuarezW 2-4
Apr 23@LAAGriffin CanningL 7-4
Apr 24@LAADean KremerW 5-6
Apr 26VS OAKRoss Stripling
Apr 27VS OAKJP Sears
Apr 28VS OAKPaul Blackburn
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-002322.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Wil Smith
10.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Craig Kimbrel
18.59
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Wil Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2023 TEX 65 51.1 927 59 20 22 2-6 5.61 1.31 10.3 205
2024 KC 9 8.0 146 7 5 1 0-2 12.38 2.38 7.9 -3
ON PACE 58 52 946 45 32 6 0-12 12.38 2.38 7.9 -17
3-YEAR AVG 65 50 927 59 20 22 2-6 5.61 1.31 10.3 205
Career 74 59.1 1073 66 25 0 0-0 6.52 1.45 10
Career Craig Kimbrel
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2010 ATL 20 19.2 348 38 13 1 4-0 0 1.07 17.4 117
2011 ATL 79 77.0 1310 127 32 46 4-3 2.1 1.04 14.8 723
2012 ATL 62 61.2 921 113 14 42 3-1 1.02 0.65 16.5 659
2013 ATL 67 66.0 1027 98 20 49 4-3 1.23 0.88 13.4 722
2014 ATL 58 54.1 952 86 23 43 0-2 1.66 0.94 14.3 474
2015 SD 61 59.1 1008 87 22 39 4-2 2.58 1.04 13.2 447
2016 BOS 57 50.2 935 83 30 31 2-6 3.73 1.16 14.7 363
2017 BOS 67 66.2 1146 126 14 35 5-0 1.49 0.71 17 494
2018 BOS 63 60.0 1111 96 31 42 5-1 2.85 1.03 14.4 485
2019 ATL 23 20.2 392 30 12 13 0-4 6.53 1.6 13.1 119
2020 CHC 18 15.2 307 27 14 1 0-1 5.17 1.53 15.5 41
2021 CHC 66 63.1 1055 100 24 24 4-5 2.42 0.92 14.2 292
2022 LAD 59 56.0 1020 66 26 22 6-7 4.02 1.38 10.6 220
2023 PHI 78 75.0 1253 99 33 26 8-8 3.48 1.09 11.9 309
2024 BAL 11 11.0 176 17 2 7 3-0 0.82 0.64 13.9 85
ON PACE 74 75 1188 114 13 47 20-0 0.82 0.64 13.9 570
3-YEAR AVG 68 64 1109 88 28 24 6-7 3.34 1.13 12.3 274
Career 789 740.2 12961 1193 310 0 0-0 2.53 1.03 14.5
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