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Taylor Ward or Jacob Young

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Jacob Young

Jacob Young

CFWashington Nationals WAS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Young

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Young over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jacob Young
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Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.308456.3330.80806
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.224577.2550.551011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jacob Young
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.385011.5000.38504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.368013.4780.36808
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
84%
+16.03 compared to last week
START
71%
+20.03 compared to last week
OWN/START Jacob Young
OWN
 
3%
-0.27 compared to last week
START
 
2%
+1.65 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
47th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jacob Young
87th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 48th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 34th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 256th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.231
  • Ranked 174th in batting average with 0.236
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 245th with 0.273
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 91st with 0.472
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 135th with 0.745
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 202nd in RBI with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 126th in runs scored with 10
  • Top 35 in HRs and is currently ranked 34th with 5
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.076, OBP: -0.052, HRs: -1, RBI: -13, Runs: -3, Wlks: +2, Stls: -2,
Breakdown Jacob Young

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 87th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 76th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • 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

  • Ranked 185th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.276
  • Ranked 140th in batting average with 0.258
  • Top 50 on base percentage and is currently ranked 42nd with 0.400
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 256th with 0.290
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 172nd with 0.690
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 296th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 459th in RBI with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 296th in runs scored with 5
  • 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: +0.029, OBP: +0.118, HRs: EVEN, RBI: -1, Runs: -1, Wlks: +6, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Jacob Young

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@TEXTyler MahleL 4-0
Apr 16@TEXPatrick CorbinL 3-1
Apr 17@TEXKumar Rocker
Apr 18VS SFLogan Webb
Apr 19VS SFLanden Roupp
Apr 20VS SFJustin Verlander
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250000.2500.37502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jacob Young
DateOpponentResult
Apr 14@PITPaul SkenesL 10-3
Apr 15@PITJake IrvinW 0-3
Apr 16@PITBailey FalterL 6-1
Apr 17@PITAndrew Heaney
Apr 18@COLChase Dollander
Apr 19@COLKyle Freeland
Apr 20@COLAntonio Senzatela
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333000.5000.33301
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
14.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jacob Young
10.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 17 17 5 10 8 0 4 .236 .273 .472 57
ON PACE 162 162 47 95 76 0 38 .236 .273 .472 543
3-YEAR AVG 131 122 20 67 61 5 53 .260 .339 .440 410
Career 568 492 80 278 247 20 205 .252 .328 .429
Career Jacob Young
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 WAS 33 27 0 9 12 13 10 .252 .314 .336 104
2024 WAS 152 120 3 75 36 33 30 .256 .311 .330 412
2025 WAS 14 8 0 5 1 1 7 .258 .400 .290 35
ON PACE 126 72 0 45 9 9 63 .258 .400 .290 315
3-YEAR AVG 93 74 2 42 24 23 20 .255 .312 .332 258
Career 199 155 3 89 49 47 47 .255 .317 .329
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NYM vs STL 07:10 EDT EST Griffin Canning
Andre Pallante
NYY @TB 07:05 EDT EST Will Warren
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