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Michael Busch or James Wood

Who Should I Start? - Week 24 • Start New
Michael Busch

Michael Busch

1BChicago Cubs CHC
James Wood

James Wood

CFWashington Nationals WAS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Busch over Wood

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Michael Busch
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wood over Busch

 
 
 
 
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Latest News James Wood
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Performance Michael Busch
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.111013.2730.11106
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.186057.2710.233011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance James Wood
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200012.3040.35005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200025.3330.275411
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Busch
OWN
38%
-1.59 compared to last week
START
27%
-4.33 compared to last week
OWN/START James Wood
OWN
69%
-1.11 compared to last week
START
56%
-5.14 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Busch
25th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Wood
22nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Michael Busch

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 25th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 258th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.282
  • Ranked 283rd in batting average with 0.223
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 258th with 0.298
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 240th with 0.374
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 250th with 0.672
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 490th with 1
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 93rd with 19
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 235th in RBI with 20
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 152nd in runs scored with 24
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.08, OBP: +0.088, HRs: +14, RBI: +45, Runs: +55, Wlks: +49, Stls: +1,
Breakdown James Wood

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 23rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 27th.
  • 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

  • Top 35 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.388 and is currently ranked 30th
  • Ranked 133rd in batting average with 0.265
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 73rd with 0.355
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 183rd with 0.411
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 140th with 0.766
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 171st with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 163rd in RBI with 26
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 151st in runs scored with 28
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.271, OBP: +0.368, HRs: +5, RBI: +32, Runs: +32, Wlks: +30, Stls: +11,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Busch

No Injury Reported

Injury James Wood

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Busch
DateOpponentResult
Sep 02VS PITJalen BeeksL 3-5
Sep 03VS PITPaul SkenesL 0-5
Sep 04VS PITShota ImanagaW 12-0
Sep 06VS NYYLuis GilL 0-3
Sep 07VS NYYClarke Schmidt
Sep 08VS NYYGerrit Cole
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.098026.2750.146113
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups James Wood
DateOpponentResult
Sep 03@MIAPatrick CorbinW 2-6
Sep 04@MIAJohn McMillonL 4-3
Sep 05@PITBailey FalterL 9-4
Sep 06@PITLuis L. Ortiz
Sep 07@PITLuis L. Ortiz
Sep 07@PITMitch Keller
Sep 08@PITJared Jones
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250011.3570.50003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Busch
7.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Wood
8.20
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Michael Busch
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 LAD 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
2024 CHC 134 108 16 64 52 2 57 .247 .335 .423 349
ON PACE 153 124 18 73 59 2 65 .247 .335 .423 400
3-YEAR AVG 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
Career 180 120 18 73 59 3 65 .236 .322 .405
Career James Wood
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 WAS 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 11
2024 WAS 60 57 5 32 32 11 30 .271 .368 .419 192
ON PACE 69 65 5 37 37 12 34 .271 .368 .419 222
3-YEAR AVG 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 11
Career 71 57 5 32 32 11 30 .271 .368 .419
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ATL vs PIT
BAL @KC
CAR @NO
CHI vs TEN
CIN vs NE
CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
DET vs LAR
GB @PHI
HOU @IND
JAC @MIA
LAC vs LV
MIN @NYG
NYJ @SF
TB vs WAS
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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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