Paul Goldschmidt Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 3" / 220 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 9/10/1987 (35)
- Experience
- 12
- College
- Texas State
Paul Goldschmidt Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Paul Goldschmidt News
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and third baseman Nolan Arenado are both taking the day off on Thursday against the Cincinnati Reds and right-hander Luke Weaver. Fantasy managers will need to make sure both All-Star players are on their benches on Thursday for a matinee contest. Goldy has been his usual awesome self in 2023 with a .292 average (56-for-192) with 16 doubles, nine home runs, 25 RBI and seven stolen bases in 50 games. Arenado, meanwhile, has also been highly productive with a .264 average (52-for-197) with five doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 34 RBI in 49 games. Alec Burleson is starting at first base and hitting fifth on Thursday, while Brendan Donovan gets the nod at the hot corner and is batting third against Weaver.
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt had another great game at the plate in Tuesday's 8-5 win over the Reds. Playing designated hitter, the veteran went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs, a walk, and a strikeout. Goldschmidt has been a stellar fantasy contributor once again this season, slashing .293/.404/.521 with nine HR, 25 RBI, and seven stolen bases. The Cardinals are starting to turn things around as a whole, which can only boosts Goldschmidt's fantasy value.
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was apparently seeing the baseball like a beach ball on Sunday in the 12-6 win over the Detroit Tigers, as he went 4-for-5 with three home runs, four RBI, four runs scored and a stolen base for a cherry on top. The three-homer performance was the third of Goldy's career, and it helped the Cardinals end their miserable eight-game losing streak. The 35-year-old hasn't been affected by St. Louis' terrible start to the 2023 season, as he's currently hitting .321 (43-for-134) with a league-leading 14 doubles, seven home runs, 20 RBI, four stolen bases and 22 runs scored in 154 plate appearances and 34 games. Continue to run Goldschmidt out in your fantasy lineups every day.
Batting Order
| 1 | Brendan Donovan |
| 2 | Paul Goldschmidt |
| 3 | Nolan Gorman |
| 4 | Nolan Arenado |
| 5 | Willson Contreras |
| 6 | Tommy Edman |
| 7 | Paul DeJong |
| 8 | Jordan Walker |
| 9 | Dylan Carlson |
Paul Goldschmidt Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Brendan Donovan |
| 2 | Paul Goldschmidt |
| 3 | Nolan Gorman |
| 4 | Nolan Arenado |
| 5 | Willson Contreras |
| 6 | Tommy Edman |
| 7 | Paul DeJong |
| 8 | Jordan Walker |
| 9 | Dylan Carlson |
Few people saw another MVP season coming from the Cardinals' 34-year-old first baseman, but everything fell into place for the big man as he slashed a brilliant .317/.404/.578 while adding 35 homers and 115 RBI to his illustrious career totals. He had some great hitters around him, allowing him to be really efficient in racking up runs and RBI (he finished fourth in the league in both categories), and he added seven steals in for good measure. The bad news was that Goldschmidt saw declines of the underlying statistical categories. His barrel rate (11.5%) fell by two points, as did his contact rate (73.2%), and he posted his lowest xwOBA since 2019. None of the numbers were bad, but declining nonetheless. It's not surprising to see a guy in their mid-thirties starting to impact the ball a bit less forcefully, so it's fair to expect that trend to continue. We're very unlikely to see Goldy's production fall off of a cliff in 2023, but he might be someone you want to avoid paying the MVP premium on with plenty of other enticing young hitters at the first base position this year. Even with the aging cooked in, Goldschmidt projects as a top-three first baseman, and we should be expecting another 30-homer, 100-RBI season with a strong batting average.
