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Matt Shaw or Byron Buxton

Who Should I Start? - Week 1 • Start New
Matt Shaw

Matt Shaw

2BChicago Cubs CHC
Byron Buxton

Byron Buxton

CFMinnesota Twins MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Shaw over Buxton

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Matt Shaw
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Buxton over Shaw

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Byron Buxton
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Performance Matt Shaw
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200114.2730.50003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.158115.2000.31605
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Byron Buxton
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Matt Shaw
OWN
83%
+4.05 compared to last week
START
56%
+4.8 compared to last week
OWN/START Byron Buxton
OWN
58%
+4.38 compared to last week
START
37%
+11.16 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Matt Shaw
17th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Byron Buxton
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Matt Shaw

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 17th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 15th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Gleyber Torres
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off. Either he isn't an every day player or he is coming back from an injury of some sort. I suggest checking out his news page to get a closer look.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Among the best in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.182 and is currently ranked 3rd
  • Among the best in batting average with 0.118 and is currently ranked 4th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 5th with 0.167
  • Among the best in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 6th with 0.118
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 6th with 0.284
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 260th in RBI with 0
  • Top 10 in runs scored and is currently ranked 7th with 4
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.118, OBP: +0.167, HRs: EVEN, RBI: EVEN, Runs: +4, Wlks: +1, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown Byron Buxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 51st among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 112th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Wilyer Abreu
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off. Either he isn't an every day player or he is coming back from an injury of some sort. I suggest checking out his news page to get a closer look.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 563rd in RBI with 0
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 449th in runs scored with 0
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.375, OBP: -0.5, HRs: EVEN, RBI: -3, Runs: -1, Wlks: -1, Stls: EVEN,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Matt Shaw

No Injury Reported

Injury Byron Buxton

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Matt Shaw
DateOpponentResult
Mar 27@ARIJustin SteeleW 6-10
Mar 28@ARIMerrill KellyL 8-1
Mar 29@ARIShota ImanagaW 3-4
Mar 30@ARIEduardo Rodriguez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200114.2730.50003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Byron Buxton
DateOpponentResult
Mar 27@STLSonny GrayL 5-3
Mar 29@STLErick FeddeL 5-1
Mar 30@STLAndre Pallante
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Matt Shaw
15.32
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Byron Buxton
14.73
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Matt Shaw
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 CHC 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 7
2025 CHC 4 2 0 4 0 0 1 .118 .167 .118 5
3-YEAR AVG 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 7
Career 11 2 0 4 0 0 1 .118 .167 .118
Career Byron Buxton
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 46 27 2 16 6 2 6 .209 .250 .326 52
2016 MIN 92 67 10 44 38 10 23 .225 .284 .430 194
2017 MIN 140 117 16 69 51 29 38 .253 .314 .413 332
2018 MIN 28 14 0 8 4 5 3 .156 .183 .200 29
2019 MIN 87 71 10 48 46 15 19 .262 .314 .513 248
2020 MIN 41 33 13 19 27 3 2 .254 .267 .577 110
2021 MIN 60 69 18 47 30 9 13 .307 .361 .644 253
2022 MIN 93 76 28 61 51 6 34 .224 .306 .526 314
2023 MIN 97 63 17 49 42 9 35 .207 .293 .436 265
2024 MIN 108 99 18 62 56 7 20 .279 .335 .524 347
2025 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0
3-YEAR AVG 99 79 21 57 50 7 30 .238 .312 .498 309
Career 793 636 132 423 351 95 193 .244 .304 .474
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