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Josh Smith or Yordan Alvarez

Who Should I Start? - Week 11 • Start New
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.350124.3810.55015
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300146.3910.425211
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.385233.4290.65427
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.380355.4460.640213
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
46%
+7.64 compared to last week
START
41%
+19.27 compared to last week
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
99%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
Not Ranked
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 53rd among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.346 and is currently ranked 64th
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.282 and is currently ranked 67th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 28th with 0.374
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 189th with 0.418
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 95th with 0.792
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 342nd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 412th in RBI with 22
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 372nd in runs scored with 27
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.282, OBP: +0.374, HRs: +3, RBI: +22, Runs: +27, Wlks: +17, Stls: +3,
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among LF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 6th.
  • The current leader among LF's is Juan Soto
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 109th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.327
  • Top 20 in batting average with 0.310 and is currently ranked 17th
  • Top 10 on base percentage and is currently ranked 9th with 0.401
  • Top 15 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 14th with 0.565
  • Top 15 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 11th with 0.966
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 260th with 3
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 67th with 65
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 114th in RBI with 82
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 89th with 78
  • Top 35 in HRs and is currently ranked 35th with 31
  • 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: -0.014, OBP: -0.054, HRs: -24, RBI: -78, Runs: -53, Wlks: -46, Stls: +3,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
Jun 03VS DETTarik Skubal
Jun 04VS DETJack Flaherty
Jun 05VS DETKenta Maeda
Jun 07VS SFLogan Webb
Jun 08VS SFBlake Snell
Jun 09VS SF
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.364013.5000.45504
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
Jun 03VS STLKyle Gibson
Jun 04VS STLAndre Pallante
Jun 05VS STLMiles Mikolas
Jun 07@LAA
Jun 08@LAAGriffin Canning
Jun 09@LAATyler Anderson
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.417111.5000.83303
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Smith
11.13
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yordan Alvarez
20.28
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 69 93 1556 66 39 0 5-2 4.89 1.43 6.4 156
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 Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 59 64 11 30 25 3 24 .282 .355 .476 209
ON PACE 159 172 29 81 67 8 64 .282 .355 .476 564
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 601 624 150 387 439 5 299 .293 .387 .573
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