Who's more valuable, rest of season
Taylor Ward.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs and average. Paul Goldschmidt’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
HR
R
▶
◀
RBI
SB
AVG
▶
Taylor Ward wins 2 categories (R, AVG); Paul Goldschmidt wins 1 (RBI); 2 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgAvg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Paul Goldschmidt
86.8
Taylor Ward
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Paul Goldschmidt
36.6%
Taylor Ward
37.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Paul Goldschmidt
10.7%
Taylor Ward
5.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Paul Goldschmidt
32.5%
Taylor Ward
15.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Paul Goldschmidt
12.8%
Taylor Ward
6.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Paul Goldschmidt
.314
Taylor Ward
.334
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
Paul Goldschmidt
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .261
.217
Taylor Ward
.200.280
lg AVG .295
now .248
.231
Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Paul Goldschmidt
58
now 6
1
Taylor Ward
58
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Paul Goldschmidt
2048.40
now 19
5
Taylor Ward
2048.40
now 36
6
RBIhigher is better
Paul Goldschmidt
2025.40
now 19
5
Taylor Ward
2025.40
now 17
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Paul Goldschmidt
.0003.20
now 0
0
Taylor Ward
.0003.20
now 2
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyPaul Goldschmidt — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans buyTaylor Ward — hold.conf 0.60