Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kyle Higashioka.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs and RBI. Francisco Alvarez’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
HR
R
▶
RBI
▶
SB
◀
AVG
Kyle Higashioka wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Francisco Alvarez wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
90.3
Kyle Higashioka
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
45.6%
Kyle Higashioka
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
15.7%
Kyle Higashioka
8.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Francisco Alvarez
31.9%
Kyle Higashioka
31.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Francisco Alvarez
15.9%
Kyle Higashioka
11.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Francisco Alvarez
.324
Kyle Higashioka
.295
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05
The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .243
.226
Kyle Higashioka
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .211
.199
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
55.20
now 4
1
Kyle Higashioka
55.20
now 3
1
Runshigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
2015.60
now 12
3
Kyle Higashioka
2015.60
now 10
4
RBIhigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
2013.20
now 10
3
Kyle Higashioka
2013.20
now 10
4
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Francisco Alvarez
.0001.20
now 0
0
Kyle Higashioka
.0001.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyFrancisco Alvarez — hold.conf 0.60
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59