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Jake Bauers or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Jake Bauers

Jake Bauers

1BMilwaukee Brewers MIL
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bauers over Ward

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Bauers

 
 
 
 
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Performance Jake Bauers
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.364264.5630.90925
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.381396.5360.905310
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.318236.4070.63606
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.279237.3600.465012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jake Bauers
OWN
 
8%
+6.38 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+5.13 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
91%
+3.28 compared to last week
START
79%
+6.53 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jake Bauers
58th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jake Bauers

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B RF . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 59th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 30th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 240th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.295
  • Ranked 463rd in batting average with 0.204
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 394th with 0.284
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 220th with 0.408
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 273rd with 0.692
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 436th with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 274th in RBI with 33
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 384th in runs scored with 25
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.039, OBP: +0.061, HRs: -7, RBI: -8, Runs: -14, Wlks: -17, Stls: +2,
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 8th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 206th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.305
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 68th
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 91st with 0.350
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 44th with 0.521
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 45th with 0.871
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 307th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 164th in RBI with 44
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 201st in runs scored with 40
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.02, OBP: -0.016, HRs: -5, RBI: -20, Runs: -34, Wlks: -26, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jake Bauers

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jake Bauers
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS PITMitch KellerL 6-8
May 14VS PITJoe RossW 4-3
May 15VS PITRobert GasserW 10-2
May 17@HOUHunter BrownL 5-4
May 18@HOUJustin Verlander
May 19@HOUSpencer Arrighetti
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273263.3600.59118
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS STLKyle LeahyL 5-10
May 14VS STLSonny GrayL 6-7
May 15VS STLGriffin CanningW 7-2
May 17@TEXTyler AndersonW 3-9
May 18@TEXJose Urena
May 19@TEXMichael Lorenzen
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333234.4210.80004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Jake Bauers
6.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jake Bauers
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 TB 96 65 10 48 48 7 54 .201 .316 .375 233
2019 CLE 117 84 12 46 43 4 45 .226 .313 .371 223
2021 CLE 114 56 4 25 19 6 26 .206 .280 .276 193
2023 NYY 96 49 12 28 30 3 27 .202 .279 .413 192
2024 MIL 31 21 5 14 22 5 10 .241 .340 .494 86
ON PACE 114 77 18 51 81 18 36 .241 .340 .494 314
3-YEAR AVG 105 53 8 27 25 5 27 .204 .280 .340 193
Career 454 275 43 161 162 25 162 .212 .303 .368
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 44 47 9 26 27 2 13 .273 .319 .477 157
ON PACE 158 169 32 93 97 7 46 .273 .319 .477 565
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 439 378 59 221 191 16 151 .258 .332 .434
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