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. Leody Taveras’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); Leody Taveras wins 2 (RBI, SB).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Leody Taveras
87.2
Taylor Ward
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Leody Taveras
29.5%
Taylor Ward
38.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Leody Taveras
4.7%
Taylor Ward
5.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Leody Taveras
30.5%
Taylor Ward
14.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Leody Taveras
12.1%
Taylor Ward
6.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Leody Taveras
.289
Taylor Ward
.349
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
Leody Taveras
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .274
.223
Taylor Ward
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .248
.250
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Leody Taveras
55.20
now 2
2
Taylor Ward
55.20
now 2
4
Runshigher is better
Leody Taveras
2042
now 22
21
Taylor Ward
2042
now 36
26
RBIhigher is better
Leody Taveras
2026
now 22
21
Taylor Ward
2026
now 17
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Leody Taveras
.0008
now 6
6
Taylor Ward
.0008
now 2
1
If you already own them — trade angle
SellLeody Taveras — sell.conf 0.60
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.67