Who's more valuable, rest of season
Matt Waldron.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Adrian Houser’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Matt Waldron wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Adrian Houser wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.6
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.2%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.3%
Matt Waldron
19.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.8%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
41.7%
Matt Waldron
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.0%
Matt Waldron
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.344
Matt Waldron
.302
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 · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Adrian Houser
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.72
Matt Waldron
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.141.87
now 1.56
1.37
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4040.60
now 35
24
Matt Waldron
4040.60
now 22
29
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.5202.48
now 2
1–2
Matt Waldron
.5202.48
now 1
1–2
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.84
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90