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Paul Skenes or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 13 • Start New
Paul Skenes

Paul Skenes

SPPittsburgh Pirates PIT
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Performance Paul Skenes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-0001230.742
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.450-1002040.643
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.235142.3500.47105
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167295.2340.357011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Skenes
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
81%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
81%
-5.37 compared to last week
START
59%
-4.6 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Skenes
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
52nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paul Skenes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 12th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Tarik Skubal
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • WHIP is among the best in the league currently ranked 9th with 0.91
  • ERA is among the best in the league currently ranked 2nd with 1.40
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 58th with 19
  • Top 25 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 23rd with 71
  • Currently ranked 139th in wins with 2
  • He pitches a lot of innings and is currently ranked 3rd with 71.2
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: +6, WHIP: -0.117, ERA: -0.667, K's: +51, Walks: +16
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 52nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 28th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 404th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.221
  • Ranked 363rd in batting average with 0.205
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 369th with 0.267
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 83rd with 0.477
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 175th with 0.744
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 417th with 1
  • Top 35 in RBI and is currently ranked 29th with 39
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 106th in runs scored with 28
  • Top 20 in HRs and is currently ranked 16th with 13
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.031, OBP: -0.055, HRs: +6, RBI: +11, Runs: +4, Wlks: -11, Stls: -1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Skenes

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Paul Skenes
DateOpponentResult
Jun 09VS MIACaleb FergusonW 10-3
Jun 10VS MIASandy AlcantaraL 2-3
Jun 11VS MIABailey FalterW 5-2
Jun 12@CHCJameson TaillonL 3-2
Jun 13@CHCDennis SantanaW 1-2
Jun 14@CHCMatthew BoydL 2-1
Jun 15@CHCColin Rea
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.980-1001481.323
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Jun 09VS ATHYusei KikuchiW 7-4
Jun 10VS ATHReid DetmersW 2-1
Jun 11VS ATHKyle HendricksW 6-5
Jun 13@BALCharlie MortonL 2-0
Jun 14@BALKeegan AkinL 6-5
Jun 15@BALCade Povich
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3332148.3960.643011
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Paul Skenes
22.89
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
13.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Paul Skenes
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2024 PIT 23 133.0 2125 170 32 0 11-3 1.96 0.95 11.5 429
2025 PIT 15 96.0 1474 97 22 0 4-6 1.78 0.85 9.1 257
ON PACE 33 216 3316 218 49 0 9-13 1.78 0.85 9.1 578
3-YEAR AVG 23 132 2125 170 32 0 11-3 1.96 0.95 11.5 429
Career 38 229.0 3599 267 54 0 0-0 1.89 0.91 10.5
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 156 144 25 73 75 6 63 .246 .323 .426 465
2025 LAA 67 55 18 38 47 1 21 .212 .269 .479 220
ON PACE 157 129 42 89 110 2 49 .212 .269 .479 516
3-YEAR AVG 131 122 20 67 61 5 53 .260 .339 .440 410
Career 618 530 93 306 286 21 222 .248 .323 .434
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