Who's more valuable, rest of season
Lawrence Butler.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, steals, and average. Jacob Young’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
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Lawrence Butler wins 3 categories (HR, SB, AVG); Jacob Young wins 2 (R, RBI).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jacob Young
88.9
Lawrence Butler
89.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
36.1%
Lawrence Butler
45.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
6.3%
Lawrence Butler
6.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jacob Young
27.0%
Lawrence Butler
24.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jacob Young
8.8%
Lawrence Butler
13.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jacob Young
.299
Lawrence Butler
.313
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
Jacob Young
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .233
.224
Lawrence Butler
.200.260
lg AVG .295
now .164
.232
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
510.40
now 8
2
Lawrence Butler
510.40
now 3
5
Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
2031
now 26
27
Lawrence Butler
2031
now 17
21
RBIhigher is better
Jacob Young
2033.60
now 27
28
Lawrence Butler
2033.60
now 14
17
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jacob Young
2.806.20
now 4
4
Lawrence Butler
2.806.20
now 4
5
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJacob Young — sell.conf 0.58
Buy LowLawrence Butler — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.68