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Josh Smith or Austin Riley

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

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
Austin Riley

Austin Riley

3BAtlanta Braves ATL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Riley

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Riley over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Austin Riley
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Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.350011.3500.40005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.244034.2620.293111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Austin Riley
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.313004.3890.31307
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
39%
-11.9 compared to last week
START
26%
-13.37 compared to last week
OWN/START Austin Riley
OWN
98%
-1.67 compared to last week
START
49%
-8.48 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Austin Riley
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Smith

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 3B SS . However, he plays 3B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 36th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Max Muncy
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.358 and is currently ranked 43rd
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 72nd
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 34th with 0.373
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 176th with 0.426
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 95th with 0.798
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 460th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 436th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 389th in runs scored with 22
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.284, OBP: +0.373, HRs: +2, RBI: +18, Runs: +22, Wlks: +14, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Austin Riley

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 4th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Side (Since May 12, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 111th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.331
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.281 and is currently ranked 83rd
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 107th with 0.345
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 40th with 0.523
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 47th with 0.868
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 471st with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 126th in RBI with 75
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 105th in runs scored with 84
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.036, OBP: -0.025, HRs: -35, RBI: -81, Runs: -96, Wlks: -45, Stls: -3,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Austin Riley

SIDE - Since May 12, 2024

Riley is dealing with a side injury and is uncertain to take the field for the Braves.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
May 21@PHIRanger Suarez
May 22@PHITaijuan Walker
May 23@PHIZack Wheeler
May 24@MINBailey Ober
May 25@MINChris Paddack
May 26@MINPablo Lopez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Austin Riley
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS SDJhony BritoL 5-6
May 20VS SDChris SaleW 3-0
May 21@CHCJavier Assad
May 22@CHCJustin Steele
May 23@CHCKyle Hendricks
May 24@PITBailey Falter
May 25@PITMitch Keller
May 26@PITMartin Perez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Smith
9.60
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Austin Riley
21.03
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 85 116 1937 82 49 0 6-3 4.89 1.43 6.4 194
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
Career Austin Riley
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 ATL 80 62 18 41 49 0 16 .226 .279 .471 181
2020 ATL 63 53 9 28 31 0 19 .227 .290 .382 134
2021 ATL 178 196 35 96 115 0 55 .302 .363 .527 594
2022 ATL 154 159 36 87 91 2 54 .266 .341 .518 535
2023 ATL 163 185 39 119 100 3 59 .283 .346 .522 610
2024 ATL 39 36 3 22 18 0 14 .245 .319 .388 111
ON PACE 143 132 11 81 66 0 51 .245 .319 .388 408
3-YEAR AVG 165 180 37 101 102 2 56 .284 .350 .522 580
Career 677 691 140 393 404 5 217 .271 .336 .496
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Matchups

Week 1
ARI @BUF
ATL vs PIT
BAL @KC
CAR @NO
CHI vs TEN
CIN vs NE
CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
DET vs LAR
GB @PHI
HOU @IND
JAC @MIA
LAC vs LV
MIN @NYG
NYJ @SF
TB vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Brandon Pfaadt
Gavin Stone
ATL @CHC 07:40 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Javier Assad
BAL @STL 07:45 EDT EST Kyle Bradish
Lance Lynn
BOS @TB 06:50 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Zack Littell
CHW @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Yusei Kikuchi
CIN vs SD 06:40 EDT EST Andrew Abbott
Joe Musgrove
CLE vs NYM 06:10 EDT EST Carlos Carrasco
Adrian Houser
COL @OAK 09:40 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Aaron Brooks
DET @KC 07:40 EDT EST Casey Mize
Alec Marsh
HOU vs LAA 08:10 EDT EST Cristian Javier
Griffin Canning
MIA vs MIL 06:40 EDT EST Trevor Rogers
Robert Gasser
MIN @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Joe Ryan
Patrick Corbin
NYY vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Bryan Woo
PHI vs TEX 06:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Jon Gray
PIT vs SF 06:40 EDT EST Martin Perez
Logan Webb
Matchup Time
BOS vs IND 8:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
No games scheduled