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Wil Smith or James Paxton

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

Wil Smith

RPKansas City Royals KC
James Paxton

James Paxton

SPLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Paxton

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Wil Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Paxton over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News James Paxton
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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 James Paxton
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.140-000131.901
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.910-0002112.072
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Wil Smith
OWN
16%
-6.56 compared to last week
START
15%
-4.69 compared to last week
OWN/START James Paxton
OWN
38%
-2.72 compared to last week
START
26%
+8.74 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Wil Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Paxton
91st
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 James Paxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 91st among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 110th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 179th in WHIP with 1.68
  • Currently ranked 150th in ERA with 5.36
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 37th with 37
  • Currently ranked 110th in wins with 5
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -5, L: -5, WHIP: +0.248, ERA: -1.897, K's: -90, Walks: -16
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Wil Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury James Paxton

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 James Paxton
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@WASAlex VesiaW 1-4
Apr 24@WASJake Irvin
Apr 25@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 26@TORChris Bassitt
Apr 27@TORYusei Kikuchi
Apr 28@TORKevin Gausman
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.140-000131.901
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Wil Smith
10.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Paxton
11.26
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 James Paxton
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 SEA 4 24.0 384 21 7 0 3-0 1.5 0.92 7.9 84
2014 SEA 11 61.0 987 51 26 0 5-4 3.39 1.25 7.5 153
2015 SEA 13 67.0 1111 56 29 0 3-4 3.22 1.42 7.5 148
2016 SEA 20 121.0 1950 117 24 0 6-7 3.79 1.31 8.7 283
2017 SEA 24 133.2 2267 156 37 0 12-5 3.03 1.12 10.5 398
2018 SEA 28 158.0 2603 208 42 0 11-6 3.76 1.11 11.9 474
2019 NYY 32 159.0 2914 206 62 0 16-6 3.91 1.34 11.7 452
2020 NYY 5 20.1 356 26 7 0 1-1 6.64 1.48 11.5 41
2021 SEA 1 2.0 24 2 1 0 0-0 4.5 0.5 9 3
2023 BOS 19 96.0 1690 101 33 0 7-5 4.5 1.31 9.5 216
2024 LAD 4 20.2 367 11 17 0 2-0 2.61 1.55 4.8 43
ON PACE 25 131 2378 71 110 0 12-0 2.61 1.55 4.8 280
3-YEAR AVG 10 48 857 52 17 0 4-3 4.69 1.33 9.8 110
Career 161 853.1 14653 955 285 0 0-0 3.71 1.26 10.1
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