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Ivan Herrera or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Ivan Herrera

Ivan Herrera

CSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Herrera over Ward

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Herrera

 
 
 
 
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Performance Ivan Herrera
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.476156.5420.76206
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.440176.4830.72007
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333375.4070.79206
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2615138.3270.652012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ivan Herrera
OWN
64%
+10.09 compared to last week
START
52%
+29.22 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
56%
+3.97 compared to last week
START
37%
+5.01 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ivan Herrera
10th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
58th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ivan Herrera

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: C DH . However, he plays C most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 10th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 28th.
  • The current leader among C's is Cal Raleigh
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off. Either he isn't an every day player or he is coming back from an injury of some sort. I suggest checking out his news page to get a closer look.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 15 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.433 and is currently ranked 13th
  • Among the best in batting average with 0.419 and is currently ranked 3rd
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 4th with 0.480
  • Among the best in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 2nd with 0.907
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 1st with 1.387
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 226th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 324th in runs scored with 12
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.133, OBP: +0.137, HRs: +2, RBI: +4, Runs: +1, Wlks: -2, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 59th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 50th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 407th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.198
  • Ranked 336th in batting average with 0.196
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 376th with 0.247
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 129th with 0.435
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 220th with 0.682
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 136th in RBI with 23
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 180th in runs scored with 21
  • Top 35 in HRs and is currently ranked 29th with 11
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.079, OBP: -0.073, HRs: +1, RBI: -5, Runs: -6, Wlks: -1, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ivan Herrera

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ivan Herrera
DateOpponentResult
May 12@PHIKyle LeahyW 2-3
May 13@PHIJesus Luzardo
May 14@PHIJesus LuzardoL 2-1
May 14@PHIChris RoycroftW 7-14
May 16@KCAndre PallanteW 3-10
May 17@KCMiles MikolasW 0-1
May 18@KCMichael Wacha
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500155.5500.83305
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
May 12@SDBrock BurkeW 5-9
May 13@SDJason AdamL 6-4
May 14@SDRandy VasquezL 5-1
May 16@LADJack KochanowiczW 2-6
May 17@LADReid DetmersW 9-11
May 18@LADTony Gonsolin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300364.3910.80005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ivan Herrera
12.01
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
12.98
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ivan Herrera
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 STL 11 2 0 0 1 0 2 .111 .182 .111 8
2023 STL 25 11 0 6 4 0 5 .297 .409 .351 42
2024 STL 72 69 5 36 27 5 24 .304 .373 .432 214
2025 STL 14 19 5 12 18 0 5 .413 .472 .870 79
ON PACE 49 66 17 42 63 0 17 .413 .472 .870 278
3-YEAR AVG 36 27 2 14 11 2 10 .291 .364 .401 88
Career 122 101 10 54 50 5 36 .308 .380 .466
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 43 33 11 21 23 0 12 .196 .247 .435 124
ON PACE 158 121 40 77 84 0 44 .196 .247 .435 456
3-YEAR AVG 131 122 20 67 61 5 53 .260 .339 .440 410
Career 594 508 86 289 262 20 213 .248 .324 .428
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