Who's more valuable, rest of season
Taylor Ward.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, steals, and average. Luke Raley’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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HR
R
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RBI
SB
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AVG
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Taylor Ward wins 3 categories (R, SB, AVG); Luke Raley wins 2 (HR, RBI).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Luke Raley
90.6
Taylor Ward
89.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Luke Raley
46.6%
Taylor Ward
39.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Luke Raley
16.2%
Taylor Ward
5.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Luke Raley
33.8%
Taylor Ward
14.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Luke Raley
22.1%
Taylor Ward
6.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Luke Raley
.344
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
Luke Raley
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .276
.209
Taylor Ward
.200.300
lg AVG .295
now .248
.255
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Luke Raley
517.40
now 13
7
Taylor Ward
517.40
now 2
6
Runshigher is better
Luke Raley
2041.60
now 22
25
Taylor Ward
2041.60
now 36
31
RBIhigher is better
Luke Raley
2043
now 31
35
Taylor Ward
2043
now 17
15
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Luke Raley
.0003.20
now 1
1
Taylor Ward
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLuke Raley — buy.conf 0.66
BuyTaylor Ward — buy.conf 0.66