Who's more valuable, rest of season
Brandon Pfaadt.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Alex Vesia’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
◀
ERA
WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Brandon Pfaadt wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Alex Vesia wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
92.1
Brandon Pfaadt
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
15.8%
Brandon Pfaadt
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
30.2%
Brandon Pfaadt
16.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
31.9%
Brandon Pfaadt
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.1%
Brandon Pfaadt
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
6.7%
Brandon Pfaadt
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.272
Brandon Pfaadt
.300
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 Vesia
26.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.06
Brandon Pfaadt
26.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.60
now 0.93
1.36
Brandon Pfaadt
.9001.60
now 1.41
1.27
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4039.60
now 28
6
Brandon Pfaadt
4039.60
now 30
7
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0001.48
now 1
0–0
Brandon Pfaadt
.0001.48
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlex Vesia — buy.conf 0.91
BuyBrandon Pfaadt — buy.conf 0.70