Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jordan Hicks.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves. Alex Lange’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
SV
▶
Jordan Hicks wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Alex Lange wins 1 (K); 1 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Lange
95.9
Jordan Hicks
99.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
12.1%
Jordan Hicks
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Lange
21.6%
Jordan Hicks
26.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Lange
28.7%
Jordan Hicks
25.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
41.1%
Jordan Hicks
31.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Lange
11.2%
Jordan Hicks
1.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Lange
.340
Jordan Hicks
.283
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
Alex Lange
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.77
Jordan Hicks
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Lange
.9002.43
now 1.35
1.26
Jordan Hicks
.9002.43
now 2.09
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Lange
4032.60
now 26
27
Jordan Hicks
4032.60
now 15
16
Winshigher is better
Alex Lange
.000.480
now 0
0–0
Jordan Hicks
.000.480
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Alex Lange
.0003.40
now 0
0
Jordan Hicks
.0003.40
now 1
0–2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Lange — hold.conf 0.55
Buy LowJordan Hicks — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.77