Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jackson Merrill.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and steals. Brandon Nimmo’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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HR
R
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RBI
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SB
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AVG
Jackson Merrill wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Brandon Nimmo wins 2 (HR, AVG).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
92.6
Jackson Merrill
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
53.0%
Jackson Merrill
47.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
12.3%
Jackson Merrill
10.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
28.3%
Jackson Merrill
35.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Nimmo
11.3%
Jackson Merrill
15.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Nimmo
.381
Jackson Merrill
.313
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
Brandon Nimmo
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .258
.286
Jackson Merrill
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .209
.236
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
512
now 7
10
Jackson Merrill
512
now 5
9
Runshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
22.8033.20
now 26
28
Jackson Merrill
22.8033.20
now 26
30
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
2027.20
now 21
23
Jackson Merrill
2027.20
now 21
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Nimmo
.00016
now 2
2
Jackson Merrill
.00016
now 10
12
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBrandon Nimmo — buy.conf 0.73
Buy LowJackson Merrill — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.68