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Josh Naylor or Elly De La Cruz

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Josh Naylor

Josh Naylor

1BCleveland Guardians CLE
Elly De La Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SSCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Naylor over De La Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Naylor
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting De La Cruz over Naylor

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Elly De La Cruz
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Performance Josh Naylor
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.292282.2920.58306
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3415158.4200.750012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Elly De La Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400255.5910.80056
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2894109.4260.632512
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Naylor
OWN
98%
+0.13 compared to last week
START
72%
-16.16 compared to last week
OWN/START Elly De La Cruz
OWN
100%
+0.44 compared to last week
START
99%
+0.91 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Elly De La Cruz
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Naylor

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 1st.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 135th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.321
  • Top 10 in batting average with 0.324 and is currently ranked 8th
  • Top 25 on base percentage and is currently ranked 24th with 0.384
  • Top 35 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 30th with 0.549
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.933
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 164th with 5
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 52nd with 57
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 229th in runs scored with 34
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.015, OBP: +0.037, HRs: -11, RBI: -77, Runs: -39, Wlks: -25, Stls: -10,
Breakdown Elly De La Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 5th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 2nd.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 108th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.330
  • Ranked 298th in batting average with 0.236
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 244th with 0.314
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 168th with 0.437
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 188th with 0.751
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 192nd with 35
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 86th with 39
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 102nd in RBI with 47
  • Top 35 in runs scored and is currently ranked 30th with 66
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 77th with 16
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.071, OBP: +0.114, HRs: -7, RBI: -29, Runs: -47, Wlks: -22, Stls: -24,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Naylor

No Injury Reported

Injury Elly De La Cruz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Naylor
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS BOSTanner Houck
Apr 24VS BOS
Apr 25VS BOSBrayan Bello
Apr 26@ATLChris Sale
Apr 27@ATLCharlie Morton
Apr 28@ATLBryce Elder
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250011.2500.25004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Elly De La Cruz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHICristopher Sanchez
Apr 24VS PHISpencer Turnbull
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.188011.1880.31324
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Naylor
18.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Elly De La Cruz
22.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Naylor
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 SD 94 63 8 29 32 1 25 .249 .315 .403 158
2020 SD 42 29 2 16 9 1 5 .279 .318 .413 69
2021 CLE 70 59 7 28 21 1 14 .258 .306 .406 184
2022 CLE 128 114 21 47 77 5 33 .260 .316 .463 422
2023 CLE 128 140 17 52 97 10 33 .310 .356 .491 484
2024 CLE 21 25 6 13 20 0 8 .325 .393 .623 100
ON PACE 154 184 44 95 147 0 58 .325 .393 .623 736
3-YEAR AVG 109 104 15 42 65 5 27 .280 .330 .463 363
Career 483 430 61 185 256 18 118 .277 .330 .458
Career Elly De La Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 CIN 99 91 13 67 44 34 34 .235 .298 .410 327
2024 CIN 22 22 6 20 15 11 12 .293 .398 .613 109
ON PACE 162 162 44 147 110 81 88 .293 .398 .613 802
3-YEAR AVG 99 91 13 67 44 34 34 .235 .298 .410 327
Career 121 113 19 87 59 45 46 .244 .315 .443
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