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Wil Smith or Jose Alvarado

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

Wil Smith

RPKansas City Royals KC
Jose Alvarado

Jose Alvarado

RPPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Alvarado

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Wil Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarado over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jose Alvarado
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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 Jose Alvarado
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.180-001111.822
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.250-002310.755
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Wil Smith
OWN
17%
-7.38 compared to last week
START
14%
-7.08 compared to last week
OWN/START Jose Alvarado
OWN
73%
-0.11 compared to last week
START
66%
+0.3 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Wil Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jose Alvarado
34th
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 482nd.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 282nd with 33
  • Top 35 in saves and is currently ranked 29th with 9
  • Top 100 in holds and is currently ranked 97th 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 Jose Alvarado

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 35th among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 171st.
  • The current leader among RP's is Luis Castillo
  • Can't be doing much worse than he is right now. Failing to live up to expectations is one thing, but playing this bad is another.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 154th in WHIP with 1.34
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 89th
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 62nd with 21
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 208th with 43
  • Top 35 in saves and is currently ranked 30th with 8
  • Top 50 in holds and is currently ranked 41st with 12
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.125, ERA: +3.796, K's: -58, Walks: -11
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Wil Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Jose Alvarado

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 TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORCole RagansW 2-1
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jose Alvarado
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@CINRanger SuarezW 0-7
Apr 23@CINFernando CruzL 8-1
Apr 24@CINJustin WilsonL 7-4
Apr 25@CINZack WheelerW 0-5
Apr 26@SDJoe Musgrove
Apr 27@SDDylan Cease
Apr 28@SDMichael King
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.500-000321.502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Wil Smith
10.38
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jose Alvarado
14.01
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 56 50 909 43 31 6 0-12 12.38 2.38 7.9 -16
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 Jose Alvarado
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 TB 35 27.1 463 29 9 0 0-3 3.95 1.21 9.6 60
2018 TB 70 52.1 1038 80 29 8 1-6 2.92 1.36 13.8 215
2019 TB 35 25.1 586 39 27 7 1-6 5.68 2.21 13.9 96
2020 TB 11 10.2 241 17 9 0 0-0 5.06 1.78 14.3 23
2021 PHI 63 54.1 1018 66 46 5 6-1 4.31 1.6 10.9 154
2022 PHI 68 60.0 1032 91 27 3 5-2 3.45 1.22 13.7 182
2023 PHI 50 49.1 855 70 21 10 0-1 2.01 1.2 12.8 173
2024 PHI 11 9.2 179 10 7 4 0-1 5.59 1.24 9.3 32
ON PACE 68 58 1115 62 43 24 0-6 5.59 1.24 9.3 201
3-YEAR AVG 60 54 968 76 31 6 4-1 3.25 1.32 12.4 170
Career 343 282.0 5412 402 175 0 0-0 3.73 1.45 12.8
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