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, steals, and average. JJ Bleday’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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Taylor Ward wins 4 categories (HR, R, SB, AVG); JJ Bleday wins 1 (RBI).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
JJ Bleday
88.9
Taylor Ward
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
JJ Bleday
42.6%
Taylor Ward
39.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
JJ Bleday
9.0%
Taylor Ward
5.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
JJ Bleday
22.6%
Taylor Ward
14.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
JJ Bleday
11.8%
Taylor Ward
6.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
JJ Bleday
.365
Taylor Ward
.345
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
JJ Bleday
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .301
.209
Taylor Ward
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .248
.255
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
JJ Bleday
513.20
now 10
5
Taylor Ward
513.20
now 2
6
Runshigher is better
JJ Bleday
2042.80
now 19
28
Taylor Ward
2042.80
now 36
31
RBIhigher is better
JJ Bleday
2050
now 27
40
Taylor Ward
2050
now 17
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
JJ Bleday
.0003.20
now 1
1
Taylor Ward
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJJ Bleday — buy.conf 0.70
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66