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Oneil Cruz or Josh Smith

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Oneil Cruz

Oneil Cruz

SSPittsburgh Pirates PIT
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cruz over Smith

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Oneil Cruz
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Josh Smith
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Performance Oneil Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.160124.1920.36017
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.302389.3330.628112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Oneil Cruz
OWN
85%
+1.89 compared to last week
START
67%
-7.59 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
44%
-11.38 compared to last week
START
31%
-5.59 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Oneil Cruz
10th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Oneil Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 19th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.347 and is currently ranked 66th
  • Ranked 205th in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 340th with 0.298
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 178th with 0.425
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 221st with 0.723
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 431st with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 440th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 451st in runs scored with 18
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.001, OBP: -0.077, HRs: +6, RBI: +14, Runs: +11, Wlks: +4, Stls: +1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
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,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Oneil Cruz

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Oneil Cruz
DateOpponentResult
May 13@MILMitch KellerW 6-8
May 14@MILJoe RossL 4-3
May 15@MILRobert GasserL 10-2
May 16@CHCJared JonesW 4-5
May 17@CHCPaul SkenesW 3-9
May 18@CHCHector NerisL 1-0
May 19@CHCJameson Taillon
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.311257.3670.578113
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Oneil Cruz
16.41
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Smith
9.92
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Oneil Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 PIT 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 .333 .333 .667 9
2022 PIT 76 68 17 40 53 9 23 .236 .294 .472 238
2023 PIT 21 8 1 7 4 3 7 .250 .375 .375 49
2024 PIT 46 42 7 18 18 4 11 .251 .298 .425 113
ON PACE 158 144 24 62 62 13 37 .251 .298 .425 389
3-YEAR AVG 33 26 6 16 20 4 10 .240 .304 .468 99
Career 145 121 26 67 78 16 41 .244 .302 .454
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
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