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Josh Smith or Ian Happ

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
Ian Happ

Ian Happ

LFChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Happ

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Happ over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.389021.4500.44405
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.257031.2970.286010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ian Happ
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.190113.2610.42906
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.184125.2440.368010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
36%
-8.91 compared to last week
START
33%
-0.13 compared to last week
OWN/START Ian Happ
OWN
66%
-5.39 compared to last week
START
56%
-7.72 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
49th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ian Happ
48th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 50th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.360 and is currently ranked 39th
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.286 and is currently ranked 62nd
  • Top 25 on base percentage and is currently ranked 25th with 0.379
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 183rd with 0.422
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 92nd with 0.800
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 446th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 417th in RBI with 20
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 408th in runs scored with 22
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.286, OBP: +0.379, HRs: +2, RBI: +20, Runs: +22, Wlks: +15, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Ian Happ

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF DH . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 49th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 77th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 348th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.276
  • Ranked 325th in batting average with 0.231
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 153rd with 0.333
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 233rd with 0.403
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 195th with 0.736
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 297th with 9
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 32nd with 68
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 172nd in RBI with 59
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 100th with 78
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.038, OBP: -0.04, HRs: -19, RBI: -71, Runs: -63, Wlks: -74, Stls: -13,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Ian Happ

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
May 21@PHIRanger SuarezL 5-2
May 22@PHIMatt StrahmL 11-4
May 23@PHIZack Wheeler
May 24@MINBailey Ober
May 25@MINChris Paddack
May 26@MINPablo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333020.5000.33302
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ian Happ
DateOpponentResult
May 21VS ATLLuke LittleW 4-3
May 22VS ATLMax FriedL 2-9
May 23VS ATLAJ Smith-Shawver
May 24@STLMiles Mikolas
May 25@STLMatthew Liberatore
May 26@STLSonny Gray
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250001.2500.41703
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Smith
11.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ian Happ
12.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 82 112 1861 79 47 0 6-3 4.89 1.43 6.4 187
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
Career Ian Happ
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 CHC 115 92 24 62 68 8 39 .253 .328 .514 308
2018 CHC 143 90 15 56 44 8 70 .233 .353 .408 262
2019 CHC 58 37 11 25 30 2 15 .264 .333 .564 134
2020 CHC 59 58 17 32 33 1 30 .280 .377 .580 186
2021 CHC 149 103 24 61 62 8 60 .225 .320 .431 390
2022 CHC 151 146 17 65 71 9 56 .272 .344 .446 459
2023 CHC 159 144 21 86 84 14 99 .248 .360 .431 553
2024 CHC 45 35 2 23 13 1 25 .210 .320 .311 106
ON PACE 145 113 6 74 42 3 81 .210 .320 .311 343
3-YEAR AVG 153 131 21 71 72 10 72 .250 .343 .436 467
Career 879 705 131 410 405 51 394 .248 .343 .452
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ATL vs PIT
BAL @KC
CAR @NO
CHI vs TEN
CIN vs NE
CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
DET vs LAR
GB @PHI
HOU @IND
JAC @MIA
LAC vs LV
MIN @NYG
NYJ @SF
TB vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ATL @CHC 02:20 EDT EST AJ Smith-Shawver
Ben Brown
BAL @CHW 07:40 EDT EST Grayson Rodriguez
Mike Clevinger
CIN vs SD 01:10 EDT EST Frankie Montas
Matt Waldron
COL @OAK 03:37 EDT EST Ryan Feltner
Joey Estes
DET vs TOR 06:40 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Kevin Gausman
NYY vs SEA 12:35 EDT EST Luis Gil
Luis Castillo
PHI vs TEX 01:05 EDT EST Zack Wheeler
Andrew Heaney
PIT vs SF 12:35 EDT EST Paul Skenes
Mason Black
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BOS vs IND 8:00 PM EST
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DAL vs EDM 8:30 PM EST