Who's more valuable, rest of season
Richie Palacios.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs, RBI, steals, and average. Matt McLain’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
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HR
R
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RBI
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SB
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AVG
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Richie Palacios wins 4 categories (R, RBI, SB, AVG); Matt McLain wins 1 (HR).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Matt McLain
88.8
Richie Palacios
85.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Matt McLain
38.0%
Richie Palacios
25.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Matt McLain
9.1%
Richie Palacios
4.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Matt McLain
25.3%
Richie Palacios
31.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Matt McLain
11.7%
Richie Palacios
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Matt McLain
.317
Richie Palacios
.307
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
Matt McLain
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .198
.212
Richie Palacios
.200.270
lg AVG .295
now .248
.229
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Matt McLain
56.60
now 5
4
Richie Palacios
56.60
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Matt McLain
2025.20
now 22
16
Richie Palacios
2025.20
now 18
19
RBIhigher is better
Matt McLain
2024.20
now 21
15
Richie Palacios
2024.20
now 17
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Matt McLain
3.808.20
now 7
5
Richie Palacios
3.808.20
now 7
7
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowMatt McLain — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.67
Hold · leans sellRichie Palacios — hold.conf 0.60