Who's more valuable, rest of season
Juan Mejia.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and saves. Albert Suárez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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◀
WHIP
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W
SV
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Juan Mejia wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Albert Suárez wins 2 (WHIP, W).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Albert Suárez
93.6
Juan Mejia
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
11.0%
Juan Mejia
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
16.0%
Juan Mejia
21.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
26.4%
Juan Mejia
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
40.7%
Juan Mejia
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
8.7%
Juan Mejia
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Albert Suárez
.339
Juan Mejia
.320
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Albert Suárez
27.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
4.48
Juan Mejia
27.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Albert Suárez
1.011.90
now 1.21
1.39
Juan Mejia
1.011.90
now 1.70
1.45
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Albert Suárez
4038
now 10
11
Juan Mejia
4038
now 30
18
Winshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0004.20
now 2
1–3
Juan Mejia
.0004.20
now 1
0–1
Saveshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0004.40
now 1
0–2
Juan Mejia
.0004.40
now 3
1–2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAlbert Suárez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowJuan Mejia — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90