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Yandy Diaz or Josh Smith

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Yandy Diaz

Yandy Diaz

1BTampa Bay Rays TB
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Diaz over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Yandy Diaz
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Diaz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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Performance Yandy Diaz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333154.4290.46707
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3522109.4260.537013
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 Yandy Diaz
OWN
95%
+4.1 compared to last week
START
88%
+9.04 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
44%
-10.89 compared to last week
START
33%
-3.25 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yandy Diaz
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Yandy Diaz

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B DH . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 12th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.337 and is currently ranked 86th
  • Top 35 in batting average with 0.301 and is currently ranked 28th
  • Top 50 on base percentage and is currently ranked 38th with 0.370
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 125th with 0.450
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 73rd with 0.821
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 114th in RBI with 62
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 160th in runs scored with 60
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.075, OBP: -0.093, HRs: -19, RBI: -55, Runs: -75, Wlks: -50, Stls: EVEN,
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 11th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.340 and is currently ranked 83rd
  • Ranked 111th in batting average with 0.271
  • Top 50 on base percentage and is currently ranked 39th with 0.369
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 192nd with 0.419
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 111th with 0.788
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 459th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 432nd in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 393rd in runs scored with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.271, OBP: +0.369, HRs: +2, RBI: +18, Runs: +21, Wlks: +14, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Yandy Diaz

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Yandy Diaz
DateOpponentResult
May 13@BOSZach EflinW 3-5
May 14@BOSBrennan BernardinoL 5-4
May 15@BOSTaj BradleyW 3-4
May 16@BOSManuel RodriguezW 5-7
May 17@TORTyler AlexanderW 3-4
May 18@TORErasmo RamirezW 4-5
May 19@TORAlek Manoah
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.350195.4260.475010
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 Yandy Diaz
16.16
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Smith
8.89
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Yandy Diaz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 CLE 49 41 0 25 13 2 21 .263 .352 .327 97
2018 CLE 39 34 1 15 15 0 11 .312 .375 .422 78
2019 TB 83 85 16 55 40 2 35 .266 .337 .484 257
2020 TB 47 42 2 19 12 0 34 .280 .416 .353 105
2021 TB 137 118 13 63 64 1 70 .249 .347 .378 429
2022 TB 134 131 8 68 51 2 74 .285 .390 .407 457
2023 TB 141 174 22 95 78 0 65 .326 .406 .516 559
2024 TB 45 46 3 20 23 0 15 .251 .313 .350 137
ON PACE 155 158 10 68 79 0 51 .251 .313 .350 472
3-YEAR AVG 137 141 14 75 64 1 70 .288 .382 .437 482
Career 675 671 65 360 296 7 325 .281 .371 .423
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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CHW @NYY 01:35 EDT EST Chris Flexen
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CIN @LAD 04:10 EDT EST Hunter Greene
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CLE vs MIN 01:40 EDT EST Tanner Bibee
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COL @SF 04:05 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
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HOU vs MIL 02:10 EDT EST Spencer Arrighetti
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KC vs OAK 02:10 EDT EST Brady Singer
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LAA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Jose Soriano
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MIA vs NYM 01:40 EDT EST Sixto Sanchez
Sean Manaea
PHI vs WAS 01:35 EDT EST Aaron Nola
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TB @TOR 01:37 EDT EST Aaron Civale
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