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Matt McLain or James Wood

Who Should I Start? - Week 2 • Start New
Matt McLain

Matt McLain

SSCincinnati Reds CIN
James Wood

James Wood

LFWashington Nationals WAS
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McLain over Wood

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Matt McLain
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wood over McLain

 
 
 
 
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Latest News James Wood
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Performance Matt McLain
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273357.3600.72716
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222357.3000.59317
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance James Wood
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250112.2860.45015
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.217112.2800.39116
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Matt McLain
OWN
98%
-0.11 compared to last week
START
93%
+24.67 compared to last week
OWN/START James Wood
OWN
97%
-2.22 compared to last week
START
77%
+7.75 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Matt McLain
13th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Wood
15th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Matt McLain

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 13th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 6th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Elly De La Cruz
  • He is putting up better numbers than 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

  • Ranked 142nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.231
  • Ranked 121st in batting average with 0.222
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 121st with 0.300
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 40th with 0.593
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 56th with 0.893
  • Top 100 in steals and is currently ranked 95th with 1
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 85th with 5
  • Top 20 in runs scored and is currently ranked 16th with 7
  • Top 50 in HRs and is currently ranked 38th with 3
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.222, OBP: +0.3, HRs: +3, RBI: +5, Runs: +7, Wlks: +2, Stls: +1,
Breakdown James Wood

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 16th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 79th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • 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

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.364 and is currently ranked 48th
  • Ranked 130th in batting average with 0.217
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 140th with 0.280
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 102nd with 0.391
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 117th with 0.671
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 165th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 328th in RBI with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 238th in runs scored with 2
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.217, OBP: +0.28, HRs: +1, RBI: +1, Runs: +2, Wlks: +2, Stls: +1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Matt McLain

No Injury Reported

Injury James Wood

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Matt McLain
DateOpponentResult
Apr 01VS TEXNathan EovaldiL 0-1
Apr 02VS TEXJack LeiterL 0-1
Apr 03@MILNestor CortesL 1-0
Apr 04@MIL
Apr 05@MILElvin Rodriguez
Apr 06@MILChad Patrick
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.214134.3530.42914
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups James Wood
DateOpponentResult
Apr 01@TORChad GreenL 5-3
Apr 02@TOREaston LucasL 4-2
Apr 04VS ARIBrandon Pfaadt
Apr 05VS ARIEduardo Rodriguez
Apr 06VS ARICorbin Burnes
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273112.3330.54503
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Matt McLain
19.20
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Wood
18.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Matt McLain
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 CIN 95 106 16 65 50 14 31 .291 .358 .508 339
2024 CIN 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 5
2025 CIN 7 6 3 7 5 1 2 .222 .300 .593 28
ON PACE 162 138 69 162 115 23 46 .222 .300 .593 648
3-YEAR AVG 50 53 8 33 25 7 16 .291 .358 .508 172
Career 107 112 19 72 55 15 33 .286 .354 .514
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 82 78 9 43 41 14 39 .264 .354 .427 262
2025 WAS 6 5 1 2 1 1 2 .217 .280 .391 11
ON PACE 162 135 27 54 27 27 54 .217 .280 .391 297
3-YEAR AVG 47 39 5 22 21 7 20 .264 .354 .427 137
Career 99 83 10 45 42 15 41 .261 .349 .425
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