Head to head · 2026 batting

Sal Frelick vs Ildemaro Vargas

So far in 2026 Ildemaro Vargas has been worth 0.7 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.

Sal Frelick MIL

Ildemaro Vargas AZ

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Sal Frelick	Ildemaro Vargas
G	104	130
PA	369	475
H	77	112
HR	4	9
RBI	39	67
SB	7	3
AVG	.236	.253
OBP	.299	.296
SLG	.325	.379
OPS	.624	.675
ISO	.089	.126
BB%	7.9%	5.5%
K%	10.3%	9.9%
wOBA	.281	.297
wRC+	74	84
WAR	-0.2	0.5

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	Sal Frelick	Ildemaro Vargas
G	445	564
PA	1,710	1,788
H	399	415
2B	68	77
3B	8	12
HR	21	29
RBI	158	212
BB	143	92
SO	233	194
SB	51	19
AVG	.263	.250
SLG	.359	.363
WAR	4.5	1.5

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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.