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Maikel Garcia or Taylor Ward

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Maikel Garcia

Maikel Garcia

3BKansas City Royals KC
Taylor Ward

Taylor Ward

LFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Garcia over Ward

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Maikel Garcia
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ward over Garcia

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Ward
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Performance Maikel Garcia
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.227142.2270.36426
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.245185.2860.377213
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taylor Ward
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.318236.4070.63606
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.279237.3600.465012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Maikel Garcia
OWN
79%
+6.25 compared to last week
START
68%
+3.63 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Ward
OWN
91%
+3.28 compared to last week
START
79%
+6.53 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Maikel Garcia
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Ward
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Maikel Garcia

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 18th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 3rd.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 208th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.304
  • Ranked 203rd in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 311th with 0.302
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 352nd with 0.356
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 345th with 0.658
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 371st with 20
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 98th with 58
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 159th in runs scored with 57
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.035, OBP: -0.04, HRs: +1, RBI: -22, Runs: -38, Wlks: -25, Stls: -13,
Breakdown Taylor Ward

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 40th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 206th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.305
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 68th
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 91st with 0.350
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 44th with 0.521
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 45th with 0.871
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 307th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 164th in RBI with 44
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 201st in runs scored with 40
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.02, OBP: -0.016, HRs: -5, RBI: -20, Runs: -34, Wlks: -26, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Maikel Garcia

No Injury Reported

Injury Taylor Ward

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Maikel Garcia
DateOpponentResult
May 13@SEAGeorge KirbyL 6-2
May 14@SEAMichael WachaW 2-4
May 15@SEABryan WooL 4-2
May 17VS OAKCole RagansW 6-2
May 18VS OAKRoss Stripling
May 19VS OAKJP Sears
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.231141.2310.46214
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taylor Ward
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS STLKyle LeahyL 5-10
May 14VS STLSonny GrayL 6-7
May 15VS STLGriffin CanningW 7-2
May 17@TEXTyler AndersonW 3-9
May 18@TEXJose Urena
May 19@TEXMichael Lorenzen
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333234.4210.80004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Maikel Garcia
13.52
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Ward
16.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Maikel Garcia
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 9 7 0 1 2 0 1 .318 .348 .364 16
2023 KC 124 126 4 59 50 23 38 .273 .324 .359 369
2024 KC 45 43 5 21 28 10 13 .238 .284 .381 159
ON PACE 158 151 17 73 98 35 45 .238 .284 .381 559
3-YEAR AVG 67 67 2 30 26 12 20 .275 .325 .360 193
Career 178 176 9 81 80 33 52 .265 .314 .365
Career Taylor Ward
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 LAA 40 24 6 14 15 2 9 .178 .245 .333 65
2019 ANA 20 8 1 4 2 0 6 .190 .292 .333 15
2020 LAA 33 26 0 16 5 2 7 .283 .333 .391 55
2021 LAA 66 52 8 33 33 1 20 .250 .329 .438 190
2022 LAA 127 131 21 68 62 5 57 .284 .364 .474 431
2023 LAA 109 90 14 60 47 4 39 .253 .335 .421 333
2024 LAA 44 47 9 26 27 2 13 .273 .319 .477 157
ON PACE 158 169 32 93 97 7 46 .273 .319 .477 565
3-YEAR AVG 101 91 14 54 47 3 39 .266 .347 .448 318
Career 439 378 59 221 191 16 151 .258 .332 .434
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