Who's more valuable, rest of season
Nick Kurtz.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, steals, and average. Ben Rice’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
HR
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R
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RBI
SB
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AVG
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Nick Kurtz wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Ben Rice wins 2 (R, RBI).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ben Rice
92.1
Nick Kurtz
93.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Nick Kurtz
58.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.3%
Nick Kurtz
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.2%
Nick Kurtz
22.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Nick Kurtz
15.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.381
Nick Kurtz
.379
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Ben Rice
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .306
.239
Nick Kurtz
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .288
.244
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
520.60
now 17
8
Nick Kurtz
520.60
now 10
10
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
24.4049.60
now 44
37
Nick Kurtz
24.4049.60
now 39
30
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
27.2048.80
now 44
37
Nick Kurtz
27.2048.80
now 41
32
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.4007.60
now 2
2
Nick Kurtz
.4007.60
now 6
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If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.73
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.73