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Josh Smith or Lane Thomas

Who Should I Start? - Week 24 • Start New
Josh Smith

Josh Smith

3BTexas Rangers TEX
Lane Thomas

Lane Thomas

RFCleveland Guardians CLE
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Thomas

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Thomas over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lane Thomas
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Performance Josh Smith
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273034.3330.36416
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.265034.3240.353110
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Lane Thomas
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.412132.4440.70616
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.353146.4210.529313
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Smith
OWN
45%
+0.09 compared to last week
START
30%
+2.48 compared to last week
OWN/START Lane Thomas
OWN
49%
-1.11 compared to last week
START
33%
+3.03 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Smith
40th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Lane Thomas
64th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Smith

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 3B SS DH . However, he plays 3B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 38th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 283rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.273
  • Ranked 271st in batting average with 0.229
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 244th with 0.305
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 278th with 0.354
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 271st with 0.659
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 351st with 5
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 233rd in RBI with 20
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 278th in runs scored with 17
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.268, OBP: +0.352, HRs: +12, RBI: +54, Runs: +57, Wlks: +43, Stls: +9,
Breakdown Lane Thomas

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: RF CF . However, he plays RF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 64th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 63rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Lawrence Butler
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 112th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.327
  • Ranked 282nd in batting average with 0.224
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 147th with 0.331
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 324th with 0.322
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 278th with 0.654
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 295th with 11
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 403rd in RBI with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 242nd in runs scored with 19
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.047, OBP: -0.017, HRs: -14, RBI: -27, Runs: -36, Wlks: +8, Stls: +15,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Lane Thomas

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Smith
DateOpponentResult
Sep 02VS NYYGerrit ColeL 4-8
Sep 03VS NYYWalter PenningtonW 7-4
Sep 04VS NYYNathan EovaldiW 10-6
Sep 05VS LAACody BradfordW 3-1
Sep 06VS LAASamuel AldegheriL 1-5
Sep 07VS LAATyler Anderson
Sep 08VS LAACaden Dana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.354157.4180.500113
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Lane Thomas
DateOpponentResult
Sep 02@KCGavin WilliamsW 2-4
Sep 03@KCTanner BibeeW 1-7
Sep 04@KCSeth LugoL 4-1
Sep 06@LADMatthew BoydW 1-3
Sep 07@LAD
Sep 08@LADJack Flaherty
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.231245.3330.436213
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Smith
8.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Lane Thomas
6.32
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 29 40 668 28 17 0 2-1 4.89 1.43 6.4 67
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 Lane Thomas
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 STL 34 12 4 6 12 1 4 .316 .409 .684 46
2020 STL 18 5 1 5 2 0 3 .135 .200 .297 14
2021 STL 74 49 6 33 24 6 36 .230 .340 .404 203
2022 WAS 138 110 14 57 48 8 34 .242 .298 .399 359
2023 WAS 156 165 28 100 85 20 36 .266 .315 .469 533
2024 WAS 113 94 9 54 46 32 41 .237 .316 .375 355
ON PACE 130 108 10 62 53 37 47 .237 .316 .375 410
3-YEAR AVG 123 108 16 63 52 11 35 .252 .313 .434 365
Career 533 435 62 255 217 67 154 .247 .314 .423
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ARI @BUF
ATL vs PIT
BAL @KC
CAR @NO
CHI vs TEN
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CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
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GB @PHI
HOU @IND
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MIN @NYG
NYJ @SF
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @HOU 04:10 EDT EST Eduardo Rodriguez
Yusei Kikuchi
ATL vs TOR 07:20 EDT EST Spencer Schwellenbach
Jose Berrios
BAL vs TB 04:05 EDT EST Zach Eflin
Ryan Pepiot
BOS vs CHW 07:15 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Garrett Crochet
CHC vs NYY 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
Clarke Schmidt
CIN @NYM 04:10 EDT EST Jakob Junis
Jose Quintana
CLE @LAD 09:10 EDT EST Gavin Williams
COL @MIL 07:10 EDT EST Ty Blach
Tobias Myers
DET @OAK 04:07 EDT EST Brant Hurter
Brady Basso
KC vs MIN 07:15 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Bailey Ober
LAA @TEX 07:05 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Jack Leiter
MIA vs PHI 04:10 EDT EST Darren McCaughan
Aaron Nola
PIT vs WAS 01:35 EDT EST Luis L. Ortiz
DJ Herz
SD vs SF 08:40 EDT EST Dylan Cease
Logan Webb
SEA @STL 07:15 EDT EST Logan Gilbert
Kyle Gibson
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