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Cole Ragans or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 26 • Start New
Cole Ragans

Cole Ragans

SPKansas City Royals KC
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ragans over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Cole Ragans
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Ragans

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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Performance Cole Ragans
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.290-000641.141
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.421-0002081.003
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.238134.3850.38116
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2833610.4110.500113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Cole Ragans
OWN
99%
-0.05 compared to last week
START
81%
+2.21 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
80%
+4.13 compared to last week
START
67%
+13.36 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Cole Ragans
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
61st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Cole Ragans

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 5th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 16th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Blake Snell
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 52nd with 1.18
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 56th with 3.46
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 9th with 26
  • Top 10 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 8th with 76
  • Top 15 in wins and is currently ranked 13th with 5
  • Top 35 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 26th with 63.2
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +5, L: +5, WHIP: -0.045, ERA: -0.419, K's: +117, Walks: +31
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF DH . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 62nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 26th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • 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 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.336 and is currently ranked 85th
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.283 and is currently ranked 79th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 102nd with 0.344
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 68th with 0.500
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 70th with 0.844
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 268th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 141st in RBI with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 140th in runs scored with 27
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 76th with 10
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.005, OBP: -0.011, HRs: +10, RBI: +22, Runs: +11, Wlks: +19, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Cole Ragans

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Cole Ragans
DateOpponentResult
Sep 16VS DETBrenan HanifeeL 6-7
Sep 17VS DETTyler HoltonL 1-3
Sep 18VS DETTarik SkubalL 2-4
Sep 20VS SFMason Black
Sep 21VS SFLanden Roupp
Sep 22VS SFBlake Snell
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.482-00024110.993
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Sep 16VS CHWJonathan CannonL 4-8
Sep 17VS CHWGriffin CanningW 5-0
Sep 18VS CHWJose QuijadaW 4-3
Sep 19@HOUYusei Kikuchi
Sep 20@HOUJustin Verlander
Sep 21@HOURonel Blanco
Sep 22@HOUSpencer Arrighetti
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.195145.3700.268112
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Cole Ragans
16.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
10.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Cole Ragans
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2022 TEX 6 28.0 502 17 12 0 0-3 6.11 1.57 5.5 16
2023 TEX 29 91.1 1590 113 41 0 7-5 3.84 1.23 11.1 241
2024 KC 31 178.0 3029 217 64 0 11-9 3.34 1.17 11 483
ON PACE 32 189 3207 229 67 0 11-9 3.34 1.17 11 511
3-YEAR AVG 18 59 1046 65 27 0 4-4 4.37 1.32 9.8 128
Career 66 297.1 5121 347 117 0 0-0 3.75 1.22 10.5
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 145 134 24 71 69 5 58 .248 .324 .437 436
ON PACE 154 142 25 75 73 5 61 .248 .324 .437 464
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 540 465 74 266 233 19 196 .253 .331 .431
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