Who's more valuable, rest of season
Anthony Bender.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Richard Lovelady’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
W
SV
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Anthony Bender wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Richard Lovelady wins 1 (SV); 1 even.
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Richard Lovelady
.361
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
Anthony Bender
3.163.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.67
Richard Lovelady
3.163.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9002.08
now 0.93
1.24
Richard Lovelady
.9002.08
now 1.75
1.26
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4030.60
now 25
14
Richard Lovelady
4030.60
now 21
13
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0002.80
now 1
0–1
Richard Lovelady
.0002.80
now 2
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0005.60
now 1
0–1
Richard Lovelady
.0005.60
now 4
2–3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50