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. Pedro Pagés’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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HR
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R
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RBI
SB
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AVG
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Kyle Higashioka wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Pedro Pagés wins 2 (SB, AVG).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
87.9
Pedro Pagés
86.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
37.5%
Pedro Pagés
38.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
8.7%
Pedro Pagés
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Kyle Higashioka
29.7%
Pedro Pagés
37.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Kyle Higashioka
11.8%
Pedro Pagés
13.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Kyle Higashioka
.291
Pedro Pagés
.280
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05
The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .211
.207
Pedro Pagés
.200.230
lg AVG .295
now .216
.210
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
56.20
now 3
5
Pedro Pagés
56.20
now 4
4
Runshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
2022.60
now 10
19
Pedro Pagés
2022.60
now 11
17
RBIhigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
2023
now 10
19
Pedro Pagés
2023
now 9
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Kyle Higashioka
.0004.20
now 0
0
Pedro Pagés
.0004.20
now 2
3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Higashioka — sell.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seePedro Pagés — hold.conf 0.50