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
92.0
Nick Kurtz
93.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
48.6%
Nick Kurtz
57.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
14.3%
Nick Kurtz
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
25.2%
Nick Kurtz
23.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
11.3%
Nick Kurtz
15.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.376
Nick Kurtz
.374
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
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .306
.225
Nick Kurtz
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .288
.227
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
523.40
now 17
1
Nick Kurtz
523.40
now 10
2
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2058.80
now 44
8
Nick Kurtz
2058.80
now 39
7
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2058.80
now 44
8
Nick Kurtz
2058.80
now 41
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0008.40
now 2
0
Nick Kurtz
.0008.40
now 6
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.72
BuyNick Kurtz — buy.conf 0.72