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Matt Shaw or Josh Bell

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Matt Shaw

Matt Shaw

3BChicago Cubs CHC
Josh Bell

Josh Bell

1BWashington Nationals WAS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Shaw over Bell

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Matt Shaw
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bell over Shaw

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Bell
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Performance Matt Shaw
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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
Performance Josh Bell
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.136142.1360.27306
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.122253.1630.268011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Matt Shaw
OWN
24%
+0.13 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-2.06 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Bell
OWN
 
8%
-0.56 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+0.79 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Matt Shaw
30th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Bell
31st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Matt Shaw

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 30th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 34th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Alex Bregman
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • 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 312th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.231
  • Ranked 349th in batting average with 0.172
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 239th with 0.294
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 356th with 0.241
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 332nd with 0.535
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 410th in RBI with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 228th in runs scored with 11
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.172, OBP: +0.294, HRs: +1, RBI: +3, Runs: +11, Wlks: +10, Stls: EVEN,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Josh Bell

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 31st among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 26th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Pete Alonso
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 394th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.134
  • Ranked 381st in batting average with 0.140
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 348th with 0.238
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 313th with 0.290
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 338th with 0.528
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 191st in RBI with 13
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 242nd in runs scored with 11
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.03, OBP: -0.024, HRs: +1, RBI: +3, Runs: -4, Wlks: -1, Stls: EVEN,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Matt Shaw

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Bell

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Matt Shaw
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@PITAndrew Heaney
Apr 30@PITCarmen Mlodzinski
May 01@PITPaul Skenes
May 02@MILQuinn Priester
May 03@MILJose Quintana
May 04@MILFreddy Peralta
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Josh Bell
DateOpponentResult
Apr 28VS NYMGriffin CanningL 5-19
Apr 29@PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 30@PHI
May 01@PHITaijuan Walker
May 02@CINNick Lodolo
May 03@CINNick Martinez
May 04@CINBrady Singer
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.083143.1200.20806
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Matt Shaw
7.76
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Bell
11.97
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Matt Shaw
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 CHC 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 7
2025 CHC 18 10 1 11 3 0 10 .172 .294 .241 38
ON PACE 100 55 5 61 16 0 55 .172 .294 .241 212
3-YEAR AVG 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 7
Career 25 10 1 11 3 0 10 .172 .294 .241
Career Josh Bell
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2010 BAL 53 34 3 15 12 0 2 N/A N/A N/A 23
2011 BAL 26 10 0 6 6 0 4 N/A N/A N/A 1
2012 ARI 21 9 1 3 4 0 4 .173 .232 .269 18
2016 PIT 44 35 3 18 18 0 21 .276 .373 .409 100
2017 PIT 159 140 26 75 90 2 66 .255 .334 .466 433
2018 PIT 148 131 12 74 62 2 77 .261 .357 .411 371
2019 PIT 143 145 37 94 116 0 74 .275 .365 .567 524
2020 PIT 57 44 8 22 22 0 23 .229 .312 .370 110
2021 WAS 143 126 27 72 86 0 62 .262 .347 .480 493
2022 WAS 157 153 19 80 74 0 74 .274 .360 .440 524
2023 CLE 153 139 22 53 75 0 63 .250 .327 .423 444
2024 MIA 146 134 19 62 71 0 51 .249 .319 .405 428
2025 WAS 26 13 4 11 13 0 11 .140 .238 .290 66
ON PACE 145 72 22 61 72 0 61 .140 .238 .290 368
3-YEAR AVG 152 142 20 65 73 0 63 .258 .336 .423 465
Career 1276 1113 181 585 649 4 532 .267 .350 .444
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