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Taylor Ward or Ben Rice

Who Should I Start? - Week 26 • Start New
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Ben Rice

Ben Rice

1BNew York Yankees NYY
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Rice

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Taylor Ward
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Rice over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Ben Rice
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Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250124.4000.43815
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2933510.4200.537112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ben Rice
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
80%
+3.79 compared to last week
START
66%
+12.69 compared to last week
OWN/START Ben Rice
OWN
 
8%
+0.1 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-0.45 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
61st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ben Rice
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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,
Breakdown Ben Rice

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 41st.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
  • 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 461st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.149
  • Ranked 462nd in batting average with 0.114
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 435th with 0.217
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 449th with 0.200
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 448th with 0.417
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 502nd in RBI with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 399th in runs scored with 10
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.174, OBP: +0.269, HRs: +7, RBI: +23, Runs: +20, Wlks: +20, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Injury Ben Rice

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
Sep 16VS CHWJonathan CannonL 4-8
Sep 17VS CHWGriffin CanningW 5-0
Sep 18VS CHWJared Shuster
Sep 19@HOUYusei Kikuchi
Sep 20@HOUJustin Verlander
Sep 21@HOURonel Blanco
Sep 22@HOUSpencer Arrighetti
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.194135.3750.278111
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ben Rice
DateOpponentResult
Sep 17@SEALuis GilW 2-11
Sep 18@SEABryce Miller
Sep 19@SEALogan Gilbert
Sep 20@OAKJ.T. Ginn
Sep 21@OAKJP Sears
Sep 22@OAKJoey Estes
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Ward
10.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ben Rice
1.43
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 145 134 24 71 69 5 58 .248 .324 .437 436
ON PACE 155 143 25 76 74 5 62 .248 .324 .437 467
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
Career Ben Rice
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 NYY 49 26 7 20 23 0 20 .174 .269 .356 119
ON PACE 52 27 7 21 24 0 21 .174 .269 .356 127
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 49 26 7 20 23 0 20 .174 .269 .356
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