Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kyle Higashioka.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and RBI. J.T. Realmuto’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
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SB
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AVG
Kyle Higashioka wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); J.T. Realmuto wins 2 (SB, AVG).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
J.T. Realmuto
89.1
Kyle Higashioka
88.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
J.T. Realmuto
37.8%
Kyle Higashioka
38.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
J.T. Realmuto
5.0%
Kyle Higashioka
8.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
J.T. Realmuto
31.9%
Kyle Higashioka
31.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
J.T. Realmuto
11.6%
Kyle Higashioka
12.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
J.T. Realmuto
.313
Kyle Higashioka
.293
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
J.T. Realmuto
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .220
.237
Kyle Higashioka
.200.250
lg AVG .295
now .211
.208
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
J.T. Realmuto
55.20
now 2
3
Kyle Higashioka
55.20
now 3
4
Runshigher is better
J.T. Realmuto
2018.20
now 11
13
Kyle Higashioka
2018.20
now 10
15
RBIhigher is better
J.T. Realmuto
2018.20
now 9
10
Kyle Higashioka
2018.20
now 10
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
J.T. Realmuto
.0002.20
now 1
1
Kyle Higashioka
.0002.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJ.T. Realmuto — hold.conf 0.60
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.59