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Dansby Swanson or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Dansby Swanson

Dansby Swanson

SSChicago Cubs CHC
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Swanson over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Dansby Swanson
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Swanson

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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Performance Dansby Swanson
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250014.3180.30016
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.178016.2130.222112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.185021.2580.22217
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2503106.2980.442113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dansby Swanson
OWN
91%
-5.18 compared to last week
START
62%
-12.81 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
95%
+6.52 compared to last week
START
87%
+6.06 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dansby Swanson
14th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dansby Swanson

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 15th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 339th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.276
  • Ranked 323rd in batting average with 0.230
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 275th with 0.308
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 189th with 0.420
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 219th with 0.728
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 325th with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 155th in RBI with 53
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 112th in runs scored with 55
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.013, OBP: -0.021, HRs: -20, RBI: -72, Runs: -69, Wlks: -58, Stls: -7,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
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 188th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.310
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.299 and is currently ranked 41st
  • Top 50 on base percentage and is currently ranked 49th with 0.368
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 18th with 0.571
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 22nd with 0.939
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 249th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 135th in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 264th in runs scored with 28
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.036, OBP: -0.012, HRs: -8, RBI: -26, Runs: -46, Wlks: -34, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Dansby Swanson

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dansby Swanson
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS HOUJ.P. France
Apr 24VS HOUSpencer Arrighetti
Apr 25VS HOUJustin Verlander
Apr 26@BOSKutter Crawford
Apr 27@BOSJosh Winckowski
Apr 28@BOSTanner Houck
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS BALAlbert SuarezL 2-4
Apr 23VS BALGrayson Rodriguez
Apr 24VS BALDean Kremer
Apr 26VS MIN
Apr 27VS MINChris Paddack
Apr 28VS MINPablo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.188243.1880.56304
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Dansby Swanson
20.05
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.10
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Dansby Swanson
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 ATL 38 39 3 20 17 3 13 .302 .361 .442 96
2017 ATL 144 112 6 59 51 3 59 .230 .310 .322 272
2018 ATL 136 114 14 51 59 10 44 .238 .304 .395 302
2019 ATL 132 128 17 80 67 10 52 .255 .329 .427 368
2020 ATL 72 77 13 55 44 7 27 .273 .343 .479 231
2021 ATL 178 158 29 84 92 10 54 .246 .306 .441 531
2022 ATL 156 169 21 97 89 19 46 .272 .323 .428 511
2023 CHC 151 138 22 81 80 9 66 .244 .328 .416 477
2024 CHC 22 18 2 12 8 2 8 .231 .307 .372 60
ON PACE 162 132 14 88 58 14 58 .231 .307 .372 441
3-YEAR AVG 162 155 24 87 87 13 55 .255 .319 .429 506
Career 1029 953 127 539 507 73 369 .252 .320 .414
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 23 26 6 14 21 2 5 .277 .310 .500 95
ON PACE 162 183 42 98 147 14 35 .277 .310 .500 669
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 418 357 56 209 185 16 143 .257 .332 .433
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