Who's more valuable, rest of season
Too close to call.
They split your categories 0–0, 5 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.
Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG
Byron Buxton wins 0 (none); Esteury Ruiz wins 0 (none); 5 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
90.2
Esteury Ruiz
82.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
46.7%
Esteury Ruiz
24.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Byron Buxton
15.8%
Esteury Ruiz
7.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
34.4%
Esteury Ruiz
31.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Byron Buxton
16.5%
Esteury Ruiz
15.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Byron Buxton
.343
Esteury Ruiz
.276
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
Byron Buxton
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .258
.000
Esteury Ruiz
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .178
.000
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
523.80
now 17
0
Esteury Ruiz
523.80
now 2
0
Runshigher is better
Byron Buxton
2056
now 40
0
Esteury Ruiz
2056
now 11
0
RBIhigher is better
Byron Buxton
2037.80
now 27
0
Esteury Ruiz
2037.80
now 5
0
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Byron Buxton
.00011.20
now 5
0
Esteury Ruiz
.00011.20
now 8
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyByron Buxton — buy.conf 0.66
SellEsteury Ruiz — sell.conf 0.63