Who's more valuable, rest of season
Richie Palacios.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and steals. Nico Hoerner’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
SB
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AVG
Richie Palacios wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Nico Hoerner wins 2 (RBI, AVG).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Nico Hoerner
85.7
Richie Palacios
86.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Nico Hoerner
28.3%
Richie Palacios
27.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Nico Hoerner
1.0%
Richie Palacios
3.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Nico Hoerner
30.3%
Richie Palacios
32.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Nico Hoerner
4.7%
Richie Palacios
10.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Nico Hoerner
.327
Richie Palacios
.299
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
Nico Hoerner
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .252
.263
Richie Palacios
.210.280
lg AVG .295
now .248
.226
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Nico Hoerner
55.20
now 4
1
Richie Palacios
55.20
now 1
3
Runshigher is better
Nico Hoerner
2034.80
now 24
25
Richie Palacios
2034.80
now 18
30
RBIhigher is better
Nico Hoerner
2040.80
now 33
34
Richie Palacios
2040.80
now 17
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Nico Hoerner
514
now 11
11
Richie Palacios
514
now 7
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyNico Hoerner — hold.conf 0.60
SellRichie Palacios — sell.conf 0.58