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Will Smith or Paul Skenes

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Will Smith

Will Smith

CLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
Paul Skenes

Paul Skenes

SPPittsburgh Pirates PIT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Skenes

 
 
 
 
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Performance Will Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400152.6090.66706
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.433175.6050.600011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul Skenes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.130-100910.501
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.290-1001540.932
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Will Smith
OWN
99%
-0.25 compared to last week
START
90%
-1.51 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Skenes
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
82%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Will Smith
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Skenes
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Will Smith

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 6th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 5th.
  • The current leader among C's is Cal Raleigh
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 25 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.400 and is currently ranked 22nd
  • Top 20 in batting average with 0.333 and is currently ranked 20th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 6th with 0.435
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 60th with 0.500
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 25th with 0.935
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 198th with 2
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 60th with 22
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 119th in RBI with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 311th in runs scored with 14
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.033, OBP: +0.077, HRs: -1, RBI: -6, Runs: -10, Wlks: +8, Stls: +2,
Breakdown Paul Skenes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 15th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Zack Wheeler
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 15 in WHIP and is currently ranked 12th with 0.95
  • Top 25 in ERA and is currently ranked 25th with 2.46
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 71st with 16
  • Top 35 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 33rd with 62
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 58th with 3
  • Top 10 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 10th with 62.2
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +2, L: +5, WHIP: +0.05, ERA: -0.24, K's: +44, Walks: +13
Next Up Health Check
Injury Will Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Skenes

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Will Smith
DateOpponentResult
May 19VS ARIBrandon PfaadtL 5-9
May 20VS ARIAnthony BandaW 4-3
May 21VS ARICorbin Burnes
May 23@NYMGriffin Canning
May 24@NYMDavid Peterson
May 25@NYMKodai Senga
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.353043.5600.47106
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Skenes
DateOpponentResult
May 19VS CINNick LodoloL 1-7
May 20VS CINBailey FalterW 1-0
May 21VS CINBrady Singer
May 22VS MIL
May 23VS MILFreddy Peralta
May 24VS MILQuinn Priester
May 25VS MILLogan Henderson
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Will Smith
18.66
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Skenes
22.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Will Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2012 KC 17 95.2 1502 63 35 0 6-10 5.27 1.62 5.9 181
2013 KC 19 31.0 489 43 7 0 2-1 3.77 1 12.5 101
2014 MIL 72 54.1 1046 78 30 1 1-3 4.14 1.56 12.9 144
2015 MIL 76 51.2 1061 91 24 0 7-2 3.48 1.47 15.9 187
2016 MIL 53 31.0 650 48 18 0 2-4 4.35 1.58 13.9 97
2018 SF 54 48.1 813 71 15 14 2-3 2.79 1.08 13.2 242
2019 SF 63 63.0 1043 96 21 34 6-0 2.86 1.05 13.7 436
2020 LAD 25 22.0 364 25 7 0 4-3 4.5 0.91 10.2 55
2021 ATL 80 77.0 1205 92 31 43 5-6 2.81 1.06 10.8 391
2022 LAD 58 53.2 885 57 23 5 0-2 4.02 1.36 9.6 117
ON PACE 191 176 2925 188 76 16 0-6 4.02 1.36 9.6 386
3-YEAR AVG 19 18 295 19 8 2 0-1 3.86 1.34 9.2 39
Career 517 518.1 9058 664 211 0 0-0 3.87 1.33 11.5
Career Paul Skenes
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2024 PIT 23 133.0 2125 170 32 0 11-3 1.96 0.95 11.5 429
2025 PIT 10 62.2 986 62 16 0 3-5 2.44 0.94 8.9 157
ON PACE 33 206 3259 204 52 0 9-16 2.44 0.94 8.9 518
3-YEAR AVG 23 132 2125 170 32 0 11-3 1.96 0.95 11.5 429
Career 33 195.2 3111 232 48 0 0-0 2.12 0.95 10.7
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