Who's more valuable, rest of season
Nicky Lopez.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, and average. Josh Smith’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
HR
R
▶
RBI
▶
◀
SB
AVG
▶
Nicky Lopez wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Josh Smith wins 1 (SB); 1 even.
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Josh Smith
85.7
Nicky Lopez
84.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Josh Smith
29.4%
Nicky Lopez
21.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Josh Smith
7.4%
Nicky Lopez
0.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Josh Smith
34.2%
Nicky Lopez
33.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Josh Smith
11.4%
Nicky Lopez
9.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Josh Smith
.287
Nicky Lopez
.262
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
Josh Smith
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .217
.213
Nicky Lopez
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .269
.223
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Josh Smith
52.20
now 0
0
Nicky Lopez
52.20
now 1
0
Runshigher is better
Josh Smith
209.20
now 6
2
Nicky Lopez
209.20
now 3
3
RBIhigher is better
Josh Smith
209.20
now 6
2
Nicky Lopez
209.20
now 3
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Josh Smith
.0003.20
now 2
1
Nicky Lopez
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJosh Smith — sell.conf 0.61
SellNicky Lopez — sell.conf 0.66