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Rafael Devers or Josh Smith

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Rafael Devers

Rafael Devers

3BBoston Red Sox BOS
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Devers over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Rafael Devers
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Devers

 
 
 
 
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Performance Rafael Devers
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.276579.3230.82807
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.271599.3270.646012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.292011.2920.33306
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.262035.2950.310112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Rafael Devers
OWN
100%
+0.38 compared to last week
START
100%
+4.15 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
43%
-10.34 compared to last week
START
26%
-19.94 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Rafael Devers
4th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Rafael Devers

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 3B DH . However, he plays 3B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 5th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 10th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Max Muncy
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 155th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.316
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.281 and is currently ranked 79th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 29th with 0.376
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 50th with 0.510
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 38th with 0.886
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 241st with 4
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 78th with 52
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 161st in RBI with 55
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 126th in runs scored with 66
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 58th with 22
  • 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: +0.019, OBP: +0.037, HRs: -24, RBI: -79, Runs: -68, Wlks: -42, Stls: -5,
Breakdown Josh Smith

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 3B SS . However, he plays 3B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 36th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.350 and is currently ranked 57th
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.277 and is currently ranked 92nd
  • Top 50 on base percentage and is currently ranked 38th with 0.369
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 183rd with 0.423
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 103rd with 0.793
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 466th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 439th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 385th in runs scored with 22
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.277, OBP: +0.369, HRs: +2, RBI: +18, Runs: +22, Wlks: +14, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Rafael Devers

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Rafael Devers
DateOpponentResult
May 20@TBTaj Bradley
May 21@TBZack Littell
May 22@TB
May 24VS MILBryse Wilson
May 25VS MILColin Rea
May 26VS MILJoe Ross
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.294225.3330.70604
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
May 21@PHIRanger Suarez
May 22@PHITaijuan Walker
May 23@PHIZack Wheeler
May 24@MINBailey Ober
May 25@MINChris Paddack
May 26@MINPablo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Rafael Devers
18.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Smith
9.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Rafael Devers
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 BOS 58 63 10 34 30 3 18 .284 .338 .486 168
2018 BOS 121 109 21 59 66 5 38 .242 .300 .436 309
2019 BOS 155 201 32 128 115 9 47 .313 .362 .558 609
2020 BOS 57 61 11 31 43 0 13 .263 .310 .483 166
2021 BOS 169 176 43 111 126 5 67 .281 .355 .550 679
2022 BOS 132 157 26 79 84 3 47 .301 .364 .534 523
2023 BOS 154 154 33 90 100 5 62 .266 .347 .497 577
2024 BOS 38 39 9 22 21 0 20 .285 .384 .555 139
ON PACE 130 134 31 75 72 0 68 .285 .384 .555 479
3-YEAR AVG 152 162 34 93 103 4 59 .282 .355 .527 593
Career 884 960 185 554 585 30 312 .282 .346 .516
Career Josh Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2015 CIN 9 32.2 662 30 21 0 0-4 6.89 1.93 8.3 39
2016 CIN 32 57.1 1042 48 26 0 3-3 4.87 1.45 7.5 107
2017 OAK 26 35.0 586 25 15 0 2-1 4.89 1.43 6.4 59
ON PACE 85 116 1937 82 49 0 6-3 4.89 1.43 6.4 194
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 NAN NAN NAN 0
Career 67 122.2 2290 103 62 0 0-0 5.5 1.6 7.6
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