Who's more valuable, rest of season
Tyler Stephenson.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and average. Brandon Valenzuela’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
HR
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R
RBI
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SB
AVG
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Tyler Stephenson wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Brandon Valenzuela wins 2 (R, SB).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
88.1
Tyler Stephenson
90.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
36.1%
Tyler Stephenson
44.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
8.4%
Tyler Stephenson
9.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
29.7%
Tyler Stephenson
21.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Brandon Valenzuela
12.6%
Tyler Stephenson
11.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Brandon Valenzuela
.320
Tyler Stephenson
.328
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 Valenzuela
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .235
.224
Tyler Stephenson
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .193
.230
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
55.20
now 4
3
Tyler Stephenson
55.20
now 4
4
Runshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2020.20
now 13
17
Tyler Stephenson
2020.20
now 11
11
RBIhigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
2020.20
now 10
13
Tyler Stephenson
2020.20
now 17
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Brandon Valenzuela
.0002.20
now 1
1
Tyler Stephenson
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Valenzuela — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyTyler Stephenson — hold.conf 0.60