Who's more valuable, rest of season
JJ Wetherholt.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — steals and average. Brandon Lowe’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
HR
R
◀
RBI
SB
▶
AVG
▶
JJ Wetherholt wins 2 categories (SB, AVG); Brandon Lowe wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
91.0
JJ Wetherholt
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
45.3%
JJ Wetherholt
44.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
11.5%
JJ Wetherholt
7.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
33.6%
JJ Wetherholt
21.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Lowe
17.6%
JJ Wetherholt
8.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Lowe
.324
JJ Wetherholt
.351
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05
The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .260
.221
JJ Wetherholt
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .245
.227
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
519.20
now 14
1
JJ Wetherholt
519.20
now 9
1
Runshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2051.80
now 36
7
JJ Wetherholt
2051.80
now 39
7
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Lowe
2050.20
now 37
7
JJ Wetherholt
2050.20
now 25
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Lowe
.0009.80
now 0
0
JJ Wetherholt
.0009.80
now 7
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBrandon Lowe — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJJ Wetherholt — buy.conf 0.67