Who's more valuable, rest of season
Lars Nootbaar.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, RBI, and average. Esteury Ruiz’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
AVG
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Lars Nootbaar wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Esteury Ruiz wins 1 (SB).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
86.5
Lars Nootbaar
92.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
31.2%
Lars Nootbaar
50.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
9.1%
Lars Nootbaar
9.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
33.1%
Lars Nootbaar
18.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
15.7%
Lars Nootbaar
6.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.314
Lars Nootbaar
.331
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
Esteury Ruiz
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .178
.186
Lars Nootbaar
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.224
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
54.20
now 2
1
Lars Nootbaar
54.20
now 1
3
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2038.40
now 11
21
Lars Nootbaar
2038.40
now 2
28
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2059
now 5
10
Lars Nootbaar
2059
now 3
43
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.00022.40
now 8
16
Lars Nootbaar
.00022.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEsteury Ruiz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.68
BuyLars Nootbaar — buy.conf 0.63