Who's more valuable, rest of season
Christian Yelich.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and steals. Ildemaro Vargas’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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HR
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R
RBI
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SB
AVG
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Christian Yelich wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Ildemaro Vargas wins 2 (RBI, AVG).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
89.0
Ildemaro Vargas
87.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
41.8%
Ildemaro Vargas
34.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Christian Yelich
6.8%
Ildemaro Vargas
3.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
23.1%
Ildemaro Vargas
39.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Christian Yelich
13.6%
Ildemaro Vargas
7.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Christian Yelich
.297
Ildemaro Vargas
.308
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 Yelich
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .275
.211
Ildemaro Vargas
.200.320
lg AVG .295
now .291
.254
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
59.40
now 4
3
Ildemaro Vargas
59.40
now 7
1
Runshigher is better
Christian Yelich
2033.60
now 21
28
Ildemaro Vargas
2033.60
now 30
25
RBIhigher is better
Christian Yelich
2044.60
now 18
24
Ildemaro Vargas
2044.60
now 37
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Christian Yelich
.0005.20
now 3
4
Ildemaro Vargas
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.59
Hold · steadyIldemaro Vargas — hold.conf 0.60