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Christian Walker or Matt McLain

Who Should I Start? - Week 27 • Start New
Christian Walker

Christian Walker

1BArizona Diamondbacks ARI
Matt McLain

Matt McLain

SSCincinnati Reds CIN
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walker over McLain

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Christian Walker
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McLain over Walker

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Matt McLain
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Performance Christian Walker
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.217285.2690.56516
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2313118.2790.538210
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 Christian Walker
OWN
98%
+1.77 compared to last week
START
84%
+11.3 compared to last week
OWN/START Matt McLain
OWN
70%
-19.68 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-0.57 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Christian Walker
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Matt McLain
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Christian Walker

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 7th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Matt Olson
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 310th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.266
  • Ranked 187th in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 196th with 0.323
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 127th with 0.462
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 136th with 0.784
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 255th with 4
  • Top 50 in RBI and is currently ranked 47th with 34
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 95th with 30
  • Top 50 in HRs and is currently ranked 47th with 11
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.02, OBP: +0.006, HRs: -2, RBI: +12, Runs: +6, Wlks: -6, Stls: +10,
Breakdown Matt McLain

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SS 2B . However, he plays SS most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 19th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 31st.
  • The current leader among SS's is Bobby Witt Jr.
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Oblique (Since Aug 28, 2023). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 119th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.328
  • Ranked 182nd in batting average with 0.253
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 240th with 0.308
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 154th with 0.444
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 176th with 0.753
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 234th with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 335th in RBI with 13
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 327th in runs scored with 15
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.6 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,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Christian Walker

No Injury Reported

Injury Matt McLain

OBLIQUE - Since Aug 28, 2023

McLain is dealing with a right oblique strain and has been shut down for the remainder of the 2023 season.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Christian Walker
DateOpponentResult
Sep 25@NYYIan HamiltonL 6-4
Sep 26@CHWRyne NelsonW 4-15
Sep 27@CHWBrandon PfaadtW 0-3
Sep 28@CHWTanner BanksL 3-1
Sep 29VS HOUJose UrquidyL 1-2
Sep 30VS HOUJustin Verlander
Oct 01VS HOU
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222396.2670.63017
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Matt McLain
DateOpponentResult
Sep 26@CLESam MollW 7-11
Sep 27@CLEShane BieberL 4-3
Sep 29@STLBrandon WilliamsonW 2-19
Sep 30@STLDrew Rom
Oct 01@STLMiles Mikolas
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.316388.3950.711210
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Christian Walker
12.09
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Matt McLain
8.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Christian Walker
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2014 BAL 6 3 1 1 1 0 1 .167 .211 .389 6
2015 BAL 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .333 .111 2
2017 BAL 11 3 2 2 2 0 1 .273 .429 .909 13
2018 BAL 37 8 3 6 6 1 3 .163 .226 .388 25
2019 ARI 152 137 29 86 73 8 67 .259 .348 .476 417
2020 ARI 57 59 7 35 34 1 19 .271 .333 .459 165
2021 ARI 114 97 10 54 46 0 38 .245 .316 .384 302
2022 ARI 148 129 35 81 90 2 67 .240 .328 .484 530
2023 ARI 157 150 33 86 102 11 61 .259 .334 .499 591
3-YEAR AVG 106 95 17 57 57 1 41 .248 .325 .445 332
Career 689 587 120 351 354 23 260 .250 .330 .465
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
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 95 106 16 65 50 14 31 .291 .358 .508
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