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Ivan Herrera or Christian Walker

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Ivan Herrera

Ivan Herrera

CSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Christian Walker

Christian Walker

1BHouston Astros HOU
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Herrera over Walker

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Ivan Herrera
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walker over Herrera

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Christian Walker
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Performance Ivan Herrera
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Christian Walker
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.368274.4000.68404
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.349284.3640.535010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ivan Herrera
OWN
70%
+4.47 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-0.78 compared to last week
OWN/START Christian Walker
OWN
71%
+2.36 compared to last week
START
20%
-36.94 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ivan Herrera
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Christian Walker
22nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ivan Herrera

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH C . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 11th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 15th.
  • The current leader among C's is Cal Raleigh
  • 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 and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Hamstring (Since Jun 20, 2025). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.365 and is currently ranked 49th
  • Top 35 in batting average with 0.312 and is currently ranked 34th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 34th with 0.387
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 131st with 0.448
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 77th with 0.835
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 284th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 201st in RBI with 23
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 300th in runs scored with 16
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.038, OBP: +0.052, HRs: +5, RBI: +17, Runs: -1, Wlks: +2, Stls: -3,
Breakdown Christian Walker

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 22nd among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Personal (Since Jul 7, 2025). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 191st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.300
  • Ranked 196th in batting average with 0.249
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 250th with 0.301
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 196th with 0.408
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 212th with 0.709
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 89th with 35
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 237th in runs scored with 21
  • 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: AVG: -0.032, OBP: -0.046, HRs: -10, RBI: -21, Runs: -22, Wlks: -15, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ivan Herrera

HAMSTRING - Since Jun 20, 2025

Herrera is dealing with a left hamstring injury and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in late July.
Injury Christian Walker

PERSONAL - Since Jul 7, 2025

Walker has been placed on the paternity list and will not take the field for the Astros.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ivan Herrera
DateOpponentResult
Jul 08VS WASSonny GrayW 4-2
Jul 09VS WASMacKenzie GoreL 2-8
Jul 10VS WASMichael Soroka
Jul 11VS ATLGrant Holmes
Jul 12VS ATL
Jul 13VS ATL
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286021.3330.42902
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Christian Walker
DateOpponentResult
Jul 07VS CLEMatt FestaL 5-7
Jul 08VS CLEJakob JunisL 6-10
Jul 09VS CLESlade CecconiL 2-4
Jul 11VS TEXJack Leiter
Jul 12VS TEXJacob deGrom
Jul 13VS TEXNathan Eovaldi
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.185161.2670.33307
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ivan Herrera
12.17
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Christian Walker
10.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ivan Herrera
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 STL 11 2 0 0 1 0 2 .111 .182 .111 8
2023 STL 25 11 0 6 4 0 5 .297 .409 .351 42
2024 STL 72 69 5 36 27 5 24 .304 .373 .432 214
2025 STL 42 48 8 22 36 1 16 .320 .392 .533 166
ON PACE 73 83 13 38 62 1 27 .320 .392 .533 289
3-YEAR AVG 36 27 2 14 11 2 10 .291 .364 .401 88
Career 150 130 13 64 68 6 47 .301 .374 .447
Career Christian Walker
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2014 BAL 6 3 1 1 1 0 1 .167 .211 .389 6
2015 BAL 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .333 .111 2
2017 BAL 11 3 2 2 2 0 1 .273 .429 .909 13
2018 BAL 37 8 3 6 6 1 3 .163 .226 .388 25
2019 ARI 152 137 29 86 73 8 67 .259 .348 .476 417
2020 ARI 57 59 7 35 34 1 19 .271 .333 .459 165
2021 ARI 114 97 10 54 46 0 38 .245 .316 .384 302
2022 ARI 148 129 35 81 90 2 67 .240 .328 .484 530
2023 ARI 175 163 34 93 109 17 75 .254 .336 .483 650
2024 ARI 130 120 26 72 84 2 55 .251 .335 .468 436
2025 HOU 87 77 12 36 45 0 23 .231 .291 .381 222
ON PACE 151 134 20 62 78 0 40 .231 .291 .381 386
3-YEAR AVG 151 137 32 82 94 7 66 .248 .333 .479 539
Career 924 797 159 466 490 31 352 .247 .328 .454
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