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Paul Goldschmidt or Lane Thomas

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Paul Goldschmidt

Paul Goldschmidt

1BSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Lane Thomas

Lane Thomas

RFWashington Nationals WAS
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Goldschmidt over Thomas

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Goldschmidt
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Thomas over Goldschmidt

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lane Thomas
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Performance Paul Goldschmidt
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.318124.4000.50006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222125.3000.311012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Lane Thomas
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.100001.2500.10034
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.171132.2370.257510
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Goldschmidt
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
85%
+5.88 compared to last week
OWN/START Lane Thomas
OWN
66%
-13.19 compared to last week
START
17%
-48.58 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Goldschmidt
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Lane Thomas
42nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paul Goldschmidt

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 10th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 24th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 188th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.310
  • Ranked 278th in batting average with 0.239
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 142nd with 0.339
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 315th with 0.370
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 247th with 0.708
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 479th with 3
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 68th with 54
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 207th in RBI with 43
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 185th in runs scored with 48
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.065, OBP: -0.062, HRs: -23, RBI: -71, Runs: -79, Wlks: -74, Stls: -11,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Lane Thomas

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 43rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 45th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Knee (Since Apr 23, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 414th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.256
  • Ranked 361st in batting average with 0.222
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 426th with 0.274
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 268th with 0.390
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 320th with 0.664
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 334th with 24
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 166th in RBI with 51
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 175th in runs scored with 50
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.082, OBP: -0.065, HRs: -26, RBI: -75, Runs: -94, Wlks: -28, Stls: -9,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Goldschmidt

No Injury Reported

Injury Lane Thomas

KNEE - Since Apr 23, 2024

Thomas suffered a left MCL sprain and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in May,
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Paul Goldschmidt
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIKyle GibsonW 5-1
Apr 26@NYMMiles MikolasW 2-4
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286125.3330.42907
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Lane Thomas
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS LADAlex VesiaL 1-4
Apr 24VS LADLandon KnackL 2-11
Apr 25VS LADYoshinobu YamamotoL 1-2
Apr 26@MIADerek LawW 1-3
Apr 27@MIAEdward Cabrera
Apr 28@MIARyan Weathers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.133000.1330.13325
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Paul Goldschmidt
20.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Lane Thomas
15.40
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Paul Goldschmidt
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 ARI 48 39 10 29 31 4 20 N/A N/A N/A 111
2012 ARI 145 147 20 82 82 18 60 .286 .358 .490 447
2013 ARI 160 182 36 103 125 15 99 .302 .401 .551 617
2014 ARI 104 120 18 74 68 9 58 .307 .396 .550 381
2015 ARI 159 182 33 103 110 21 118 .321 .435 .570 621
2016 ARI 158 172 24 106 95 32 110 .297 .411 .489 583
2017 ARI 155 166 36 117 120 18 94 .297 .404 .563 608
2018 ARI 158 172 33 95 83 7 90 .290 .389 .533 512
2019 STL 170 165 36 102 99 3 80 .260 .344 .479 503
2020 STL 61 64 8 34 26 1 38 .309 .417 .507 184
2021 STL 160 172 31 100 98 12 68 .289 .363 .511 618
2022 STL 145 170 33 98 109 6 72 .321 .404 .581 608
2023 STL 155 159 25 89 80 11 86 .269 .364 .449 537
2024 STL 26 19 2 10 9 0 12 .204 .302 .280 52
ON PACE 162 118 12 62 56 0 74 .204 .302 .280 324
3-YEAR AVG 153 167 30 96 96 10 75 .292 .376 .511 588
Career 1804 1929 345 1142 1135 157 1005 .299 .394 .519
Career Lane Thomas
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 STL 34 12 4 6 12 1 4 .316 .409 .684 46
2020 STL 18 5 1 5 2 0 3 .135 .200 .297 14
2021 STL 74 49 6 33 24 6 36 .230 .340 .404 203
2022 WAS 138 110 14 57 48 8 34 .242 .298 .399 359
2023 WAS 156 165 28 100 85 20 36 .266 .315 .469 533
2024 WAS 23 16 2 6 10 11 8 .184 .250 .253 71
ON PACE 149 103 12 38 64 71 51 .184 .250 .253 460
3-YEAR AVG 123 108 16 63 52 11 35 .252 .313 .434 365
Career 443 357 55 207 181 46 121 .246 .309 .426
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ARI @SEA 09:40 EDT EST Slade Cecconi
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ATL vs CLE 07:20 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Tanner Bibee
BAL vs OAK 04:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
JP Sears
BOS vs CHC 04:10 EDT EST Josh Winckowski
Ben Brown
CHW vs TB 07:10 EDT EST Jonathan Cannon
Aaron Civale
CIN @TEX 04:05 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Michael Lorenzen
COL vs HOU 06:05 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Ronel Blanco
DET vs KC 06:10 EDT EST Casey Mize
Brady Singer
LAA vs MIN 09:38 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Chris Paddack
LAD @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Tyler Glasnow
Yusei Kikuchi
MIA vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST Edward Cabrera
Mitchell Parker
MIL vs NYY 07:10 EDT EST Joe Ross
Carlos Rodon
NYM vs STL 04:05 EDT EST Adrian Houser
Sonny Gray
PHI @SD 08:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Dylan Cease
PIT @SF 09:05 EDT EST Martin Perez
Jordan Hicks
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BOS @MIA 6:00 PM EST
CLE @ORL 1:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 8:30 PM EST
NO vs OKC 3:30 PM EST
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BOS @TOR 8:00 PM EST
CAR @NYI 2:00 PM EST
DAL @VGK 10:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 5:00 PM EST