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Wil Smith or Tanner Houck

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

Wil Smith

RPKansas City Royals KC
Tanner Houck

Tanner Houck

SPBoston Red Sox BOS
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Houck

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Wil Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Houck over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Tanner Houck
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Performance Wil Smith
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
12.000-000201.333
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 Tanner Houck
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.201-1001330.732
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.671-2001531.143
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Wil Smith
OWN
18%
-5.51 compared to last week
START
16%
-5.25 compared to last week
OWN/START Tanner Houck
OWN
94%
+10.41 compared to last week
START
72%
-5.43 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Wil Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Tanner Houck
49th
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 91st 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 91st 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 Tanner Houck

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 50th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 97th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 52nd with 3.46
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 99th with 23
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 67th with 6
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -3, L: -8, WHIP: -0.387, ERA: -3.363, K's: -67, Walks: -36
Next Up Health Check
Injury Wil Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Tanner Houck

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 TORYariel Rodriguez
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
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Tanner Houck
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@CLEScott BarlowL 4-1
Apr 24@CLECarlos Carrasco
Apr 25@CLETriston McKenzie
Apr 26VS CHCShota Imanaga
Apr 27VS CHC
Apr 28VS CHCJordan Wicks
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.201-1001330.732
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Wil Smith
10.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Tanner Houck
15.15
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 60 54 985 47 33 6 0-13 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 Tanner Houck
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 BOS 3 . . . 0
2021 BOS 23 . . . 0
2022 BOS 32 . . . 0
2023 BOS 21 . . . 0
2024 BOS 5 . . . 0
ON PACE 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 25 . . . 0
Career 84 . . .
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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