Head to head · 2026 batting

Ildemaro Vargas vs Masataka Yoshida

So far in 2026 Masataka Yoshida has been worth 0.3 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Ildemaro Vargas AZ

Masataka Yoshida BOS

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Ildemaro Vargas	Masataka Yoshida
G	130	87
PA	475	297
H	112	72
HR	9	5
RBI	67	28
SB	3	2
AVG	.253	.274
OBP	.296	.347
SLG	.379	.399
OPS	.675	.746
ISO	.126	.125
BB%	5.5%	9.4%
K%	9.9%	11.1%
wOBA	.297	.332
wRC+	84	107
WAR	0.5	0.8

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, not at his real first game.

Career batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the table above.
Statistic	Ildemaro Vargas	Masataka Yoshida
G	564	390
PA	1,788	1,503
H	415	383
2B	77	81
3B	12	4
HR	29	34
RBI	212	182
BB	92	99
SO	194	190
SB	19	15
AVG	.250	.280
SLG	.363	.420
WAR	1.5	4.4

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season’s own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.