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Nelson Velazquez or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

DHKansas City Royals KC
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Owners starting Ward over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
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Performance Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.091011.1670.18204
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.037013.1330.074010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.318003.3180.40905
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.244126.3260.390011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
 
9%
-4.14 compared to last week
START
 
3%
-2.72 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
95%
+0.03 compared to last week
START
75%
-7.65 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
85th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
38th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nelson Velazquez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 85th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 11th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • Super human effort in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 455th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.246
  • Ranked 376th in batting average with 0.219
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 364th with 0.289
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 86th with 0.479
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 154th with 0.769
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 509th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 262nd in RBI with 36
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 245th in runs scored with 40
  • 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: -0.009, OBP: -0.005, HRs: -15, RBI: -26, Runs: -22, Wlks: -6, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 38th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 11th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 169th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.314
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.289 and is currently ranked 58th
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 83rd with 0.354
  • Top 35 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 28th with 0.542
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 37th with 0.896
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 276th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 153rd in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 221st in runs scored with 33
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.025, OBP: -0.022, HRs: -7, RBI: -24, Runs: -41, Wlks: -32, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nelson Velazquez

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nelson Velazquez
DateOpponentResult
Mar 28VS MINPablo LopezL 1-4
Mar 30VS MINGriffin JaxL 1-5
Mar 31VS MINBrady SingerW 11-0
Apr 01@BALCraig KimbrelL 6-4
Apr 02@BALAlec MarshW 1-4
Apr 03@BALYennier CanoL 4-3
Apr 04VS CHWSeth LugoW 10-1
Apr 05VS CHWChris StrattonW 2-1
Apr 06VS CHWMichael WachaW 3-0
Apr 07VS CHWJohn SchreiberW 5-3
Apr 09VS HOUJames McArthurW 4-3
Apr 10VS HOUSeth LugoW 11-2
Apr 11VS HOUBrady SingerW 13-3
Apr 12@NYMLuis SeverinoL 6-1
Apr 13@NYMAlec MarshW 7-11
Apr 14@NYMBrooks RaleyL 2-1
Apr 15@CHWSeth LugoW 0-2
Apr 16@CHW
Apr 17@CHWErick FeddeL 2-1
Apr 17@CHWNick AndersonW 2-4
Apr 19VS BALAlec MarshW 9-4
Apr 20VS BALCorbin BurnesL 7-9
Apr 21VS BALCole IrvinL 0-5
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@DETSeth LugoW 0-8
Apr 27@DETAlex FaedoL 6-5
Apr 28@DETTarik SkubalL 4-1
Apr 29@TORGenesis CabreraL 6-5
Apr 30@TORCole RagansW 1-4
May 01@TORSeth LugoW 1-6
May 03VS TEXMichael Lorenzen
May 04VS TEXDane Dunning
May 05VS TEXJon Gray
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2162813.2890.341127
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Mar 28@BALCorbin BurnesL 11-3
Mar 30@BALGrayson RodriguezL 13-4
Mar 31@BALReid DetmersW 1-4
Apr 01@MIAAdam CimberW 4-7
Apr 02@MIATyler AndersonW 1-3
Apr 03@MIAPatrick SandovalW 2-10
Apr 05VS BOSChris MartinL 6-8
Apr 06VS BOSReid DetmersW 2-1
Apr 07VS BOSTanner HouckL 2-12
Apr 08VS TBTyler AndersonW 7-1
Apr 09VS TBAaron CivaleL 4-6
Apr 10VS TBKevin KellyL 2-4
Apr 12@BOSReid DetmersW 0-7
Apr 13@BOSGreg WeissertL 7-2
Apr 14@BOSBrayan BelloL 5-4
Apr 15@TBLuis GarciaW 3-7
Apr 16@TBGarrett CleavingerL 7-6
Apr 17@TBHunter StricklandW 4-5
Apr 18@TBRyan PepiotL 2-1
Apr 19@CINNick LodoloL 7-1
Apr 20@CINGraham AshcraftL 7-5
Apr 21@CINEmilio PaganL 3-0
Apr 22VS BALAlbert SuarezL 2-4
Apr 23VS BALGriffin CanningW 7-4
Apr 24VS BALDean KremerL 5-6
Apr 26VS MINBailey OberL 3-5
Apr 27VS MINChris PaddackL 5-16
Apr 28VS MINPablo LopezL 5-11
Apr 29VS PHIAdam CimberW 6-5
Apr 30VS PHIJose AlvaradoL 5-7
May 01VS PHIZack WheelerL 1-2
May 03@CLETanner Bibee
May 04@CLEBen Lively
May 05@CLECarlos Carrasco
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.27872319.3130.492231
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nelson Velazquez
10.05
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.64
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nelson Velazquez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CHC 70 33 6 17 25 4 16 .198 .272 .365 140
2023 CHC 66 36 17 35 34 0 14 .225 .294 .581 191
2024 KC 27 19 2 13 8 1 8 .216 .289 .341 57
ON PACE 136 96 10 65 40 5 40 .216 .289 .341 288
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 163 88 25 65 67 5 38 .212 .284 .443
Career Taylor Ward
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 LAA 40 24 6 14 15 2 9 .178 .245 .333 65
2019 ANA 20 8 1 4 2 0 6 .190 .292 .333 15
2020 LAA 33 26 0 16 5 2 7 .283 .333 .391 55
2021 LAA 66 52 8 33 33 1 20 .250 .329 .438 190
2022 LAA 127 131 21 68 62 5 57 .284 .364 .474 431
2023 LAA 109 90 14 60 47 4 39 .253 .335 .421 333
2024 LAA 31 35 7 19 23 2 7 .278 .313 .492 116
ON PACE 162 182 36 99 120 10 36 .278 .313 .492 606
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 426 366 57 214 187 16 145 .258 .332 .434
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