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Cade Smith or Paul Goldschmidt

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Cade Smith

Cade Smith

RPCleveland Guardians CLE
Paul Goldschmidt

Paul Goldschmidt

1BNew York Yankees NYY
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Goldschmidt

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Goldschmidt over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Performance Cade Smith
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
16.360-110423.183
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
11.250-110622.194
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul Goldschmidt
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.353024.3890.47105
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.306026.3750.444010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Cade Smith
OWN
41%
-4.27 compared to last week
START
38%
-2.52 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Goldschmidt
OWN
86%
-3.32 compared to last week
START
72%
+0.39 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Cade Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Goldschmidt
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Cade Smith

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 60th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Josh Hader
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 101st in WHIP with 1.23
  • Currently ranked 108th in ERA with 3.16
  • Top 25 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 23rd with 35
  • Top 35 in holds and is currently ranked 34th with 7
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: +1, WHIP: +0.14, ERA: +0.17, K's: +4, Walks: +6
Breakdown Paul Goldschmidt

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 18th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 250th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.279
  • Ranked 201st in batting average with 0.247
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 208th with 0.314
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 212th with 0.397
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 206th with 0.711
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 324th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 286th in RBI with 16
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 73rd with 31
  • 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: +0.061, OBP: +0.056, HRs: -5, RBI: -2, Runs: +8, Wlks: -2, Stls: -1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Cade Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Goldschmidt

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Cade Smith
DateOpponentResult
Jul 07@HOUMatt FestaW 5-7
Jul 08@HOUJakob JunisW 6-10
Jul 09@HOUSlade CecconiW 2-4
Jul 10@CHW
Jul 11@CHWShane Smith
Jul 11@CHWJonathan Cannon
Jul 12@CHWSean Burke
Jul 13@CHWAaron Civale
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-010640.804
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Goldschmidt
DateOpponentResult
Jul 08VS SEAWill WarrenW 10-3
Jul 09VS SEACam SchlittlerW 9-6
Jul 10VS SEADevin WilliamsW 6-5
Jul 11VS CHCChris Flexen
Jul 12VS CHCMatthew Boyd
Jul 13VS CHCShota Imanaga
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.389145.4500.61116
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Cade Smith
9.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Goldschmidt
11.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Cade Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2024 CLE 83 71.1 1318 119 19 1 7-1 2.52 1.05 15 267
2025 CLE 39 35.0 644 59 15 3 2-2 3.09 1.29 15.2 114
ON PACE 69 63 1146 105 26 5 3-3 3.09 1.29 15.2 203
3-YEAR AVG 83 71 1318 119 19 1 7-1 2.52 1.05 15 267
Career 122 104.0 1962 178 34 0 0-0 2.77 1.15 15.4
Career Paul Goldschmidt
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 ARI 48 39 10 29 31 4 20 N/A N/A N/A 111
2012 ARI 145 147 20 82 82 18 60 .286 .358 .490 447
2013 ARI 160 182 36 103 125 15 99 .302 .401 .551 617
2014 ARI 104 120 18 74 68 9 58 .307 .396 .550 381
2015 ARI 159 182 33 103 110 21 118 .321 .435 .570 621
2016 ARI 158 172 24 106 95 32 110 .297 .411 .489 583
2017 ARI 155 166 36 117 120 18 94 .297 .404 .563 608
2018 ARI 158 172 33 95 83 7 90 .290 .389 .533 512
2019 STL 170 165 36 102 99 3 80 .260 .344 .479 503
2020 STL 61 64 8 34 26 1 38 .309 .417 .507 184
2021 STL 160 172 31 100 98 12 68 .289 .363 .511 618
2022 STL 145 170 33 98 109 6 72 .321 .404 .581 608
2023 STL 155 159 25 89 80 11 86 .269 .364 .449 537
2024 STL 154 145 22 70 64 11 47 .244 .300 .410 430
2025 NYY 88 93 8 54 34 5 28 .290 .349 .433 294
ON PACE 153 162 13 94 59 8 48 .290 .349 .433 512
3-YEAR AVG 151 158 27 86 84 9 68 .276 .355 .476 525
Career 2020 2148 373 1256 1224 173 1068 .295 .387 .509
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