Who's more valuable, rest of season
Taylor Ward.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, 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
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SB
AVG
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Taylor Ward wins 3 categories (HR, R, AVG); Jacob Young wins 2 (RBI, SB).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Jacob Young
88.6
Taylor Ward
89.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
34.9%
Taylor Ward
38.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Jacob Young
6.7%
Taylor Ward
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Jacob Young
27.0%
Taylor Ward
14.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Jacob Young
9.3%
Taylor Ward
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Jacob Young
.313
Taylor Ward
.348
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
.220.260
lg AVG .295
now .233
.234
Taylor Ward
.220.260
lg AVG .295
now .248
.251
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
510.40
now 8
2
Taylor Ward
510.40
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Jacob Young
2042.80
now 26
19
Taylor Ward
2042.80
now 36
23
RBIhigher is better
Jacob Young
2033.40
now 27
20
Taylor Ward
2033.40
now 17
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Jacob Young
.0005.20
now 4
3
Taylor Ward
.0005.20
now 2
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJacob Young — hold.conf 0.60
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.67