Head to head · 2026 batting

Xander Bogaerts vs Santiago Espinal

So far in 2026 Xander Bogaerts has been worth 2.7 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.

Xander Bogaerts SD

Santiago Espinal LAD

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Xander Bogaerts	Santiago Espinal
G	147	27
PA	585	60
H	115	15
HR	12	1
RBI	56	7
SB	21	0
AVG	.228	.268
OBP	.326	.276
SLG	.339	.375
OPS	.666	.651
ISO	.111	.107
BB%	12.3%	1.7%
K%	18.1%	13.3%
wOBA	.304	.282
wRC+	94	75
WAR	2.6	-0.1

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	Xander Bogaerts	Santiago Espinal
G	1,645	572
PA	7,010	1,836
H	1,797	438
2B	372	83
3B	18	1
HR	196	21
RBI	843	167
BB	621	126
SO	1,225	250
SB	144	28
AVG	.287	.261
SLG	.445	.350
WAR	48.3	3.5

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

Xander Bogaerts vs

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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.