Who's more valuable, rest of season
Esmerlyn Valdez.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, RBI, and average. Ian Happ’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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HR
R
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RBI
SB
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AVG
Esmerlyn Valdez wins 3 categories (HR, RBI, AVG); Ian Happ wins 2 (R, SB).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
90.5
Ian Happ
89.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
50.0%
Ian Happ
42.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
27.3%
Ian Happ
13.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
24.8%
Ian Happ
24.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
17.1%
Ian Happ
14.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.365
Ian Happ
.322
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
Esmerlyn Valdez
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .111
.209
Ian Happ
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .230
.184
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
517.40
now 2
11
Ian Happ
517.40
now 13
8
Runshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2053.80
now 2
16
Ian Happ
2053.80
now 39
37
RBIhigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
2054
now 5
40
Ian Happ
2054
now 31
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esmerlyn Valdez
.0003.20
now 0
0
Ian Happ
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsmerlyn Valdez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
Hold · steadyIan Happ — hold.conf 0.60