Who's more valuable, rest of season
Dominic Smith.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average. Michael Busch’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
Dominic Smith wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Michael Busch wins 2 (HR, SB).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
87.9
Michael Busch
88.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
34.0%
Michael Busch
39.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Dominic Smith
5.7%
Michael Busch
9.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
31.4%
Michael Busch
25.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Dominic Smith
9.8%
Michael Busch
11.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Dominic Smith
.310
Michael Busch
.336
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
Dominic Smith
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .325
.234
Michael Busch
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .243
.230
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
57.60
now 5
2
Michael Busch
57.60
now 6
3
Runshigher is better
Dominic Smith
2031.20
now 21
17
Michael Busch
2031.20
now 26
13
RBIhigher is better
Dominic Smith
2041.80
now 25
20
Michael Busch
2041.80
now 35
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Dominic Smith
.0002.20
now 0
0
Michael Busch
.0002.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyDominic Smith — hold.conf 0.60
BuyMichael Busch — buy.conf 0.64