Who's more valuable, rest of season
Chris Sale.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
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SV n/a
Chris Sale wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); AJ Smith-Shawver wins 0 (none); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
96.0
Chris Sale
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
11.5%
Chris Sale
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
17.5%
Chris Sale
30.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
28.9%
Chris Sale
36.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
38.0%
Chris Sale
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
8.5%
Chris Sale
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
.336
Chris Sale
.272
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
25.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
4.10
Chris Sale
25.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.06
WHIPlower is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
.9001.56
now 1.38
1.30
Chris Sale
.9001.56
now 0.94
1.09
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
40110.40
now 4
10
Chris Sale
40110.40
now 80
16
Winshigher is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
.00011.20
now 0
0–0
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
1–2
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
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.91