Who's more valuable, rest of season
Michael Busch.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, steals, and average. Christian Walker’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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Michael Busch wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Christian Walker wins 2 (R, RBI).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Walker
90.1
Michael Busch
88.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Walker
44.8%
Michael Busch
41.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Walker
10.4%
Michael Busch
11.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Walker
30.2%
Michael Busch
23.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Walker
14.7%
Michael Busch
10.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Walker
.305
Michael Busch
.350
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
Christian Walker
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .249
.215
Michael Busch
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .243
.240
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Walker
520
now 16
10
Michael Busch
520
now 6
11
Runshigher is better
Christian Walker
20.8044.20
now 36
39
Michael Busch
20.8044.20
now 26
28
RBIhigher is better
Christian Walker
30.2051.80
now 43
47
Michael Busch
30.2051.80
now 35
37
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Walker
.0002.20
now 0
0
Michael Busch
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellChristian Walker — hold.conf 0.60
BuyMichael Busch — buy.conf 0.67