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Josh Smith or Brendan Donovan

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

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
Brendan Donovan

Brendan Donovan

LFSt. Louis Cardinals STL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Donovan

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donovan over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Brendan Donovan
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Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.238011.2380.28606
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.220035.2730.268112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Brendan Donovan
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.375016.4830.50006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.283127.3650.435012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
44%
-11.38 compared to last week
START
31%
-5.59 compared to last week
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
33%
-1.43 compared to last week
START
25%
-2.9 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
47th
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 Jose Ramirez
  • 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 0.354 and is currently ranked 52nd
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.280 and is currently ranked 86th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 33rd with 0.375
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 167th with 0.432
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 88th with 0.807
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 448th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 436th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 377th in runs scored with 22
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.277, OBP: +0.369, HRs: +2, RBI: +18, Runs: +22, Wlks: +14, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Brendan Donovan

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF 2B . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 47th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 23rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 377th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.270
  • Ranked 234th in batting average with 0.247
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 243rd with 0.315
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 274th with 0.385
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 255th with 0.700
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 640th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 351st in RBI with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 321st in runs scored with 30
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.048, OBP: -0.048, HRs: -6, RBI: -11, Runs: -27, Wlks: -17, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Brendan Donovan

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS CLEHunter GaddisL 0-7
May 14VS CLEBen LivelyL 4-7
May 15VS CLEJon GrayW 4-0
May 17VS LAATyler AndersonL 3-9
May 18VS LAAYerry RodriguezW 3-2
May 19VS LAAJose Soriano
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250011.2500.30005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Brendan Donovan
DateOpponentResult
May 13@LAAKyle LeahyW 5-10
May 14@LAASonny GrayW 6-7
May 15@LAAGriffin CanningL 7-2
May 17VS BOSKyle GibsonW 10-6
May 18VS BOSJoJo RomeroW 7-2
May 19VS BOSNick Pivetta
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.381014.4580.52405
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Smith
9.92
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Brendan Donovan
12.13
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 87 119 1977 84 50 0 6-3 4.89 1.43 6.4 198
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 Brendan Donovan
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 STL 118 101 5 53 43 2 54 .278 .387 .377 343
2023 STL 101 91 10 47 31 5 33 .280 .361 .409 302
2024 STL 44 40 4 21 20 0 17 .233 .315 .378 141
ON PACE 158 144 14 75 72 0 61 .233 .315 .378 507
3-YEAR AVG 110 96 8 50 37 4 44 .279 .375 .392 323
Career 263 232 19 121 94 7 104 .270 .363 .390
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CHW @NYY 01:35 EDT EST Chris Flexen
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CIN @LAD 04:10 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
CLE vs MIN 01:40 EDT EST Tanner Bibee
Chris Paddack
COL @SF 04:05 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Jordan Hicks
HOU vs MIL 02:10 EDT EST Spencer Arrighetti
Colin Rea
KC vs OAK 02:10 EDT EST Brady Singer
JP Sears
LAA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Michael Lorenzen
MIA vs NYM 01:40 EDT EST Sixto Sanchez
Sean Manaea
PHI vs WAS 01:35 EDT EST Aaron Nola
Trevor Williams
TB @TOR 01:37 EDT EST Aaron Civale
Alek Manoah
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