Who's more valuable, rest of season
Ildemaro Vargas.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — RBI and average. Kyle Schwarber’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
Ildemaro Vargas wins 2 categories (RBI, AVG); Kyle Schwarber wins 1 (HR); 2 even.
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
87.4
Kyle Schwarber
92.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
34.6%
Kyle Schwarber
49.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
3.1%
Kyle Schwarber
17.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ildemaro Vargas
40.4%
Kyle Schwarber
25.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ildemaro Vargas
7.6%
Kyle Schwarber
15.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ildemaro Vargas
.299
Kyle Schwarber
.369
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
Ildemaro Vargas
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .291
.244
Kyle Schwarber
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .234
.188
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
530.80
now 7
0
Kyle Schwarber
530.80
now 22
1
Runshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
2048
now 30
6
Kyle Schwarber
2048
now 36
6
RBIhigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
2052.20
now 37
7
Kyle Schwarber
2052.20
now 39
6
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ildemaro Vargas
.0002.20
now 1
0
Kyle Schwarber
.0002.20
now 1
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellIldemaro Vargas — sell.conf 0.58
BuyKyle Schwarber — buy.conf 0.71