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Taylor Ward or Heston Kjerstad

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Heston Kjerstad

Heston Kjerstad

RFBaltimore Orioles BAL
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Kjerstad

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kjerstad over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Heston Kjerstad
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Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.235011.2630.29405
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.262014.2890.333011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Heston Kjerstad
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250000.5000.25003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286000.5000.28605
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
91%
-4.2 compared to last week
START
82%
+1.36 compared to last week
OWN/START Heston Kjerstad
OWN
16%
-8.35 compared to last week
START
 
3%
-5.99 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Heston Kjerstad
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 40th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 16th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 186th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.309
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.285 and is currently ranked 71st
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 111th with 0.346
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 45th with 0.522
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 46th with 0.868
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 285th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 172nd in RBI with 41
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 245th in runs scored with 34
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.02, OBP: -0.028, HRs: -7, RBI: -23, Runs: -40, Wlks: -31, Stls: -2,
Breakdown Heston Kjerstad

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 6th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 166th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • 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 Batting Stats

  • Ranked 260th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.292
  • Ranked 375th in batting average with 0.220
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 301st with 0.304
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 266th with 0.390
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 273rd with 0.695
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 603rd in RBI with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 652nd in runs scored with 3
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.051, OBP: +0.076, HRs: -2, RBI: -4, Runs: -3, Wlks: EVEN, Stls: EVEN,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Heston Kjerstad

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
May 06@PITMitch KellerL 4-1
May 07@PITPatrick SandovalW 0-9
May 08@PITAdam CimberW 4-5
May 09VS KCMichael Wacha
May 10VS KCAlec Marsh
May 11VS KCCole Ragans
May 12VS KCSeth Lugo
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143001.2500.14302
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Heston Kjerstad
DateOpponentResult
May 07@WASTrevor WilliamsL 3-0
May 08@WASAlbert SuarezW 6-7
May 10VS ARIBrandon Pfaadt
May 11VS ARIRyne Nelson
May 12VS ARIZac Gallen
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
16.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Heston Kjerstad
6.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 36 39 7 20 24 2 8 .273 .307 .469 126
ON PACE 157 170 30 87 105 8 35 .273 .307 .469 551
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 431 370 57 215 188 16 146 .257 .331 .433
Career Heston Kjerstad
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 BAL 15 7 2 3 4 0 2 .233 .281 .467 28
2024 BAL 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .357 .182 6
ON PACE 31 9 0 0 0 0 9 .182 .357 .182 27
3-YEAR AVG 15 7 2 3 4 0 2 .233 .281 .467 28
Career 22 9 2 3 4 0 4 .220 .304 .390
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