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Matt McLain or Josh Smith

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Matt McLain

Matt McLain

2BCincinnati Reds CIN
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

SSTexas Rangers TEX
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McLain over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Matt McLain
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over McLain

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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Performance Matt McLain
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286113.3180.52406
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222247.3330.400413
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167011.1580.16705
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.262133.3190.333011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Matt McLain
OWN
87%
+2.79 compared to last week
START
73%
+19.74 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
42%
-3.99 compared to last week
START
20%
-17.67 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Matt McLain
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
41st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Matt McLain

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Brendan Donovan
  • Wow, would you look at that. The experts got it right on the money.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 342nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.241
  • Ranked 356th in batting average with 0.187
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 227th with 0.305
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 278th with 0.338
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 266th with 0.643
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 285th with 10
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 88th with 21
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 258th in RBI with 16
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 139th in runs scored with 23
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.187, OBP: +0.305, HRs: +6, RBI: +16, Runs: +23, Wlks: +21, Stls: +10,
Breakdown Josh Smith

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SS 3B 1B . However, he plays SS most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 41st among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 16th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Bobby Witt Jr.
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.343 and is currently ranked 71st
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.303 and is currently ranked 44th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 62nd with 0.369
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 124th with 0.439
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 99th with 0.809
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 202nd with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 343rd in RBI with 11
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 224th in runs scored with 19
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.026, OBP: EVEN, HRs: +2, RBI: -7, Runs: -3, Wlks: EVEN, Stls: +3,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Matt McLain

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Matt McLain
DateOpponentResult
May 19@PITMitch Keller
May 20@PITBailey Falter
May 21@PITAndrew Heaney
May 23VS CHCMatthew Boyd
May 24VS CHCColin Rea
May 25VS CHCBen Brown
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
May 20@NYY
May 21@NYYRyan Yarbrough
May 22@NYYCarlos Rodon
May 23@CHWSean Burke
May 24@CHWJonathan Cannon
May 25@CHWDavis Martin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Matt McLain
14.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Smith
11.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Matt McLain
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 CIN 95 106 16 65 50 14 31 .291 .358 .508 339
2024 CIN 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 5
2025 CIN 38 26 6 23 16 10 21 .187 .305 .338 114
ON PACE 128 87 20 77 54 33 70 .187 .305 .338 384
3-YEAR AVG 50 53 8 33 25 7 16 .291 .358 .508 172
Career 138 132 22 88 66 24 52 .262 .343 .461
Career Josh Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2015 CIN 9 32.2 662 30 21 0 0-4 6.89 1.93 8.3 39
2016 CIN 32 57.1 1042 48 26 0 3-3 4.87 1.45 7.5 107
2017 OAK 26 35.0 586 25 15 0 2-1 4.89 1.43 6.4 59
ON PACE INF INF INF INF INF NAN INF-INF 4.89 1.43 6.4 INF
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 NAN NAN NAN 0
Career 67 122.2 2290 103 62 0 0-0 5.5 1.6 7.6
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