Who's more valuable, rest of season
Curtis Mead.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, steals, and average. Manny Machado’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
HR
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R
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RBI
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SB
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AVG
Curtis Mead wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Manny Machado wins 1 (HR).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
88.4
Manny Machado
90.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
42.4%
Manny Machado
43.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Curtis Mead
11.5%
Manny Machado
9.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
25.6%
Manny Machado
30.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Curtis Mead
7.1%
Manny Machado
12.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Curtis Mead
.364
Manny Machado
.315
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
Curtis Mead
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .250
.223
Manny Machado
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .174
.202
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
512
now 8
5
Manny Machado
512
now 10
9
Runshigher is better
Curtis Mead
21.6041.40
now 26
37
Manny Machado
21.6041.40
now 28
31
RBIhigher is better
Curtis Mead
21.6041.40
now 26
37
Manny Machado
21.6041.40
now 30
34
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Curtis Mead
.0005.20
now 3
4
Manny Machado
.0005.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCurtis Mead — buy.conf 0.70
Buy LowManny Machado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66