Who's more valuable, rest of season
AJ Smith-Shawver.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Anthony Kay’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV n/a
AJ Smith-Shawver wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Anthony Kay wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
96.0
Anthony Kay
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
11.5%
Anthony Kay
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
17.5%
Anthony Kay
18.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
28.9%
Anthony Kay
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
38.0%
Anthony Kay
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
8.5%
Anthony Kay
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
.336
Anthony Kay
.340
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 Smith-Shawver
3.425
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
4.10
Anthony Kay
3.425
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.65
WHIPlower is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
1.231.47
now 1.38
1.30
Anthony Kay
1.231.47
now 1.40
1.36
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
4057.20
now 4
10
Anthony Kay
4057.20
now 42
9
Winshigher is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
.0007
now 0
0–0
Anthony Kay
.0007
now 5
1–1
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAJ Smith-Shawver — hold.conf 0.50
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.81