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Taylor Walls or Matt McLain

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Taylor Walls

Taylor Walls

3BTampa Bay Rays TB
Matt McLain

Matt McLain

SSCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walls over McLain

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Walls
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McLain over Walls

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Matt McLain
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Performance Taylor Walls
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Matt McLain
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Walls
OWN
 
2%
+0.22 compared to last week
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0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Matt McLain
OWN
56%
-5.68 compared to last week
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7%
+1.6 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Walls
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Matt McLain
37th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Taylor Walls

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 66th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Alec Bohm
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Hip (Since Apr 20, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 354th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.271
  • Ranked 486th in batting average with 0.183
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 369th with 0.287
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 520th with 0.237
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 496th with 0.524
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 644th with 5
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 504th in RBI with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 492nd in runs scored with 12
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.204, OBP: -0.304, HRs: -8, RBI: -36, Runs: -50, Wlks: -44, Stls: -22,
Breakdown Matt McLain

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 38th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 94th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Shoulder (Since Mar 20, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.357 and is currently ranked 47th
  • Ranked 114th in batting average with 0.269
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 133rd with 0.342
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 97th with 0.467
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 98th with 0.809
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 161st with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 351st in RBI with 22
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 294th in runs scored with 31
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.291, OBP: -0.358, HRs: -16, RBI: -50, Runs: -65, Wlks: -31, Stls: -14,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Walls

HIP - Since Apr 20, 2024

Walls is recovering from hip surgery and has been placed on the 60-day injured list.
Injury Matt McLain

SHOULDER - Since Mar 20, 2024

McLain underwent left shoulder surgery and has been placed on the 60-day injured list. He is expected to miss the first half of the 2024 season.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Walls
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS DETTarik SkubalL 1-7
Apr 23VS DETAlex FaedoL 2-4
Apr 24VS DETChris DevenskiW 7-5
Apr 26@CHWChris Flexen
Apr 27@CHWJonathan Cannon
Apr 28@CHWErick Fedde
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Matt McLain
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHIFernando CruzW 8-1
Apr 24VS PHIJustin WilsonW 7-4
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Walls
7.84
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Matt McLain
13.24
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Taylor Walls
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 TB 53 30 1 11 14 4 19 .214 .306 .307 105
2022 TB 134 65 7 50 29 8 48 .167 .260 .270 268
2023 TB 116 63 8 50 36 22 44 .204 .304 .333 300
2024 TB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 3
ON PACE 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 18
3-YEAR AVG 101 53 5 37 26 11 37 .189 .284 .300 224
Career 306 158 16 111 79 34 111 .189 .284 .300
Career Matt McLain
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 CIN 95 106 16 65 50 14 31 .291 .358 .508 339
2024 CIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 2
ON PACE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 13
3-YEAR AVG 95 106 16 65 50 14 31 .291 .358 .508 339
Career 97 106 16 65 50 14 31 .291 .358 .508
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