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Taylor Ward or Joey Ortiz

Who Should I Start? - Week 14 • Start New
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Joey Ortiz

Joey Ortiz

SSMilwaukee Brewers MIL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Ortiz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ortiz over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Joey Ortiz
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Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.179154.2580.35707
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200175.3080.333012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Joey Ortiz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.455044.4550.45505
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.357057.3490.405212
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
82%
-0.69 compared to last week
START
68%
-0.94 compared to last week
OWN/START Joey Ortiz
OWN
 
6%
+2.5 compared to last week
START
 
4%
+2.68 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
53rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Joey Ortiz
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 54th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 19th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 401st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.222
  • Ranked 348th in batting average with 0.206
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 332nd with 0.277
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 98th with 0.467
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 162nd with 0.744
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 432nd with 1
  • Top 25 in RBI and is currently ranked 25th with 43
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 90th with 30
  • Top 35 in HRs and is currently ranked 26th with 13
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.03, OBP: -0.053, HRs: +7, RBI: +14, Runs: +7, Wlks: -10, Stls: -2,
Breakdown Joey Ortiz

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 24th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Trea Turner
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 302nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.267
  • Ranked 283rd in batting average with 0.228
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 349th with 0.273
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 348th with 0.309
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 358th with 0.581
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 421st with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 373rd in RBI with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 238th in runs scored with 21
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.066, OBP: -0.114, HRs: -4, RBI: -13, Runs: -2, Wlks: -17, Stls: +3,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Joey Ortiz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Jun 23VS BOSWalker Buehler
Jun 24VS BOSGarrett Crochet
Jun 25VS BOSRichard Fitts
Jun 27VS WASJake Irvin
Jun 28VS WASMichael Soroka
Jun 29VS WASMitchell Parker
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.154142.1430.38503
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Joey Ortiz
DateOpponentResult
Jun 23VS PITBraxton Ashcraft
Jun 24VS PITAndrew Heaney
Jun 25VS PITPaul Skenes
Jun 27VS COLCarson Palmquist
Jun 28VS COLAntonio Senzatela
Jun 29VS COLGerman Marquez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.412135.5770.58817
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
13.58
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Joey Ortiz
7.82
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 75 61 19 42 52 1 25 .210 .271 .466 245
ON PACE 157 128 39 88 109 2 52 .210 .271 .466 515
3-YEAR AVG 131 122 20 67 61 5 53 .260 .339 .440 410
Career 626 536 94 310 291 21 226 .247 .323 .433
Career Joey Ortiz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 BAL 32 7 0 4 4 0 0 .212 .206 .242 39
2024 MIL 145 105 11 58 60 11 56 .233 .320 .388 411
2025 MIL 76 51 2 29 14 8 17 .212 .267 .270 172
ON PACE 157 105 4 60 29 16 35 .212 .267 .270 357
3-YEAR AVG 89 56 6 31 32 6 28 .231 .313 .378 225
Career 253 163 13 91 78 19 73 .225 .298 .342
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