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Bobby Witt Jr. or Tarik Skubal

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Bobby Witt Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

SSKansas City Royals KC
Tarik Skubal

Tarik Skubal

SPDetroit Tigers DET
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Witt Jr. over Skubal

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Bobby Witt Jr.
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Skubal over Witt Jr.

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Tarik Skubal
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Performance Bobby Witt Jr.
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.130033.1600.13026
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2171512.3390.370613
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Tarik Skubal
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.951-000721.481
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.981-0001921.242
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Bobby Witt Jr.
OWN
100%
+2.49 compared to last week
START
94%
-3.25 compared to last week
OWN/START Tarik Skubal
OWN
100%
-0.23 compared to last week
START
66%
+0.96 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Bobby Witt Jr.
1st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Tarik Skubal
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Bobby Witt Jr.

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 2nd among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 2nd.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • Wow, would you look at that. The experts got it right on the money.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 145th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.320
  • Top 35 in batting average with 0.302 and is currently ranked 29th
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 78th with 0.353
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 19th with 0.552
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 30th with 0.905
  • Top 35 in steals and is currently ranked 35th with 41
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 66th with 77
  • Top 10 in runs scored and is currently ranked 10th with 92
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.016, OBP: +0.04, HRs: -25, RBI: -73, Runs: -58, Wlks: -23, Stls: -34,
Breakdown Tarik Skubal

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 7th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • WHIP is among the best in the league currently ranked 7th with 0.89
  • Top 15 in ERA and is currently ranked 11th with 2.54
  • Top 20 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 19th with 162
  • He is among the best in wins and is currently ranked 8th with 12
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 69th with 129.1
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -3, WHIP: -0.047, ERA: -0.814, K's: -42, Walks: -6
Next Up Health Check
Injury Bobby Witt Jr.

No Injury Reported

Injury Tarik Skubal

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Bobby Witt Jr.
DateOpponentResult
May 13@SEAGeorge KirbyL 6-2
May 14@SEAMichael WachaW 2-4
May 15@SEABryan WooL 4-2
May 17VS OAK
May 18VS OAKRoss Stripling
May 19VS OAKJP Sears
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.100022.1670.10003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Tarik Skubal
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS MIAAlex FaedoW 6-5
May 14VS MIATanner ScottL 0-1
May 15VS MIATrevor RogersL 0-2
May 17@ARIRyne Nelson
May 18@ARIZac Gallen
May 19@ARIJordan Montgomery
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Bobby Witt Jr.
23.89
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Tarik Skubal
19.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Bobby Witt Jr.
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 143 138 18 76 71 28 27 .253 .294 .428 481
2023 KC 158 177 30 97 96 49 40 .277 .319 .496 685
2024 KC 45 51 5 39 23 15 17 .293 .359 .500 207
ON PACE 162 183 18 140 82 54 61 .293 .359 .500 745
3-YEAR AVG 151 158 24 87 84 39 34 .266 .308 .465 583
Career 346 366 53 212 190 92 84 .270 .314 .469
Career Tarik Skubal
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 DET 8 . . . 0
2021 DET 29 . . . 0
2022 DET 21 . . . 0
2023 DET 15 . . . 0
2024 DET 8 . . . 0
ON PACE 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 22 . . . 0
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Matchups

Week 22
KC vs SF
SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs DET 09:40 EDT EST Ryne Nelson
Tarik Skubal
ATL vs SD 07:20 EDT EST Max Fried
Matt Waldron
BAL vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
Bryce Miller
BOS @STL 08:15 EDT EST Brayan Bello
Kyle Gibson
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Kyle Hendricks
Paul Skenes
CHW @NYY 07:05 EDT EST Mike Clevinger
Nestor Cortes
CIN @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Frankie Montas
James Paxton
CLE vs MIN 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Simeon Woods Richardson
COL @SF 10:15 EDT EST Ryan Feltner
Kyle Harrison
HOU vs MIL 08:10 EDT EST Hunter Brown
Freddy Peralta
KC vs OAK 07:40 EDT EST Cole Ragans
LAA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Andrew Heaney
MIA vs NYM 07:10 EDT EST Jesus Luzardo
Christian Scott
PHI vs WAS 06:40 EDT EST Zack Wheeler
Jake Irvin
TB @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Tyler Alexander
Chris Bassitt
Matchup Time
IND vs NY 8:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS vs FLA 7:00 PM EST
COL vs DAL 10:00 PM EST