Who's more valuable, rest of season
Sean Manaea.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. AJ Blubaugh’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
Sean Manaea wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); AJ Blubaugh wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
95.6
Sean Manaea
90.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
13.1%
Sean Manaea
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
21.9%
Sean Manaea
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Blubaugh
27.2%
Sean Manaea
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
34.9%
Sean Manaea
39.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
7.8%
Sean Manaea
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Blubaugh
.315
Sean Manaea
.314
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
AJ Blubaugh
3.475.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.42
3.95
Sean Manaea
3.475.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
3.93
WHIPlower is better
AJ Blubaugh
1.221.53
now 1.31
1.43
Sean Manaea
1.221.53
now 1.46
1.29
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
4065.80
now 28
30
Sean Manaea
4065.80
now 42
55
Winshigher is better
AJ Blubaugh
.0004.20
now 2
1–3
Sean Manaea
.0004.20
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyAJ Blubaugh — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowSean Manaea — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.77