The Comp Constellation

Profile-shape similarity over six weighted feature groups, standardized within this season's 264 qualified hitters (202+ PA). Closer to the center star = more alike. xwOBA is deliberately excluded: this maps how hitters are built, not results twins.

strong match (0.55+) moderate (0.45 to 0.55) weaker (< 0.45) star size + line weight scale with similarity · rings mark 0.70 / 0.50 / 0.30 · hover a star for why, click for the fingerprint
Radial fingerprint · population percentiles

Two profile shapes drawn over the same axes: overlap is what makes them comps, gaps are where they part. Vargas, Miguel in signal, the comp in amber.

CWS · bats R · 431 PA

Ranked comps for Vargas, Miguel

#PlayerSimilarityAgrees onDiffers onOpen
01 Trout, Mike LAA · R · 372 PA 0.65 Avg exit velocityBarrel rateIsolated power Walk rate +1.5zStrikeout rate +1.4zxwOBA on contact +1.1z Player Projection Swing lab
02 Bleday, JJ CIN · L · 291 PA 0.61 Max exit velocityWalk rateGround-ball rate Whiff rate +1.3zBarrel rate -1.3zSwing length -1.2z Player Projection Swing lab
03 Soto, Juan NYM · L · 343 PA 0.56 Pull rateBarrel rateWhiff rate Sprint speed -1.8zSwing length -1.6zSweet-spot rate -1.5z Player Projection Swing lab
04 Bauers, Jake MIL · L · 365 PA 0.55 Chase rateIn-zone contactxwOBA on contact Ground-ball rate +1.5zStrikeout rate +1.4zOppo rate +1.2z Player Projection Swing lab
05 Rice, Ben NYY · L · 411 PA 0.54 Hard-hit rateSweet-spot rateOppo rate Ground-ball rate +1.6zIsolated power +1.3zSprint speed -1.2z Player Projection Swing lab
06 Mead, Curtis WSH · R · 310 PA 0.54 Oppo rateWhiff rateIsolated power Swing length -1.7zIn-zone contact +1.3zWalk rate -1.0z Player Projection Swing lab
07 Grisham, Trent NYY · L · 321 PA 0.52 Pull rateWalk rateStrikeout rate Sprint speed -1.3zBat speed -1.3zIsolated power -1.2z Player Projection Swing lab
08 Greene, Riley DET · L · 423 PA 0.50 Max exit velocityPull rateAvg exit velocity Strikeout rate +1.7zWhiff rate +1.6zSprint speed -1.3z Player Projection Swing lab
09 Suzuki, Seiya CHC · R · 343 PA 0.50 Max exit velocityPull rateSprint speed Barrel rate -1.7zFly-ball rate -1.5zStrikeout rate +1.5z Player Projection Swing lab
10 Ramírez, José CLE · L · 329 PA 0.49 Ground-ball rateAvg exit velocityHard-hit rate Barrel rate -1.7zChase rate +1.4zIn-zone contact +1.3z Player Projection Swing lab
11 Ohtani, Shohei LAD · L · 417 PA 0.49 Oppo rateBarrel rateWalk rate Max exit velocity +1.5zWhiff rate +1.4zGround-ball rate +1.4z Player Projection Swing lab
12 Hernández, Heriberto MIA · R · 237 PA 0.49 Swing lengthIsolated powerxwOBA on contact Whiff rate +2.2zSweet-spot rate -1.2zGround-ball rate +1.2z Player Projection Swing lab

Weighted RMS z-distance over 6 feature groups, standardized within the qualified population; similarity = exp(-alpha * d^2), one global fixed transform. xwOBA excluded by design: this matches profile shape, not outcome twins. Descriptive, not predictive.