Who's more valuable, rest of season
Andrés Muñoz.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, wins, and saves. Louis Varland’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
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WHIP
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W
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SV
Andrés Muñoz wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Louis Varland wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
99.3
Louis Varland
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
19.4%
Louis Varland
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
36.9%
Louis Varland
35.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
38.0%
Louis Varland
36.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrés Muñoz
42.2%
Louis Varland
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrés Muñoz
8.4%
Louis Varland
2.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrés Muñoz
.285
Louis Varland
.217
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
Andrés Muñoz
26.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
3.69
Louis Varland
26.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
1.96
WHIPlower is better
Andrés Muñoz
.9301.38
now 1.28
1.24
Louis Varland
.9301.38
now 1.03
1.08
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrés Muñoz
4050
now 35
26
Louis Varland
4050
now 42
22
Winshigher is better
Andrés Muñoz
.2003.80
now 3
2–3
Louis Varland
.2003.80
now 2
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Andrés Muñoz
211
now 9
5–9
Louis Varland
211
now 8
4–7
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAndrés Muñoz — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
BuyLouis Varland — buy.conf 0.92