Who's more valuable, rest of season
Eric Lauer.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Anthony Kay’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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◀
W
SV n/a
Eric Lauer wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Anthony Kay wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Eric Lauer
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.9%
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.6%
Eric Lauer
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.1%
Eric Lauer
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Eric Lauer
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.8%
Eric Lauer
11.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.346
Eric Lauer
.333
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
Anthony Kay
2.906.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.78
Eric Lauer
2.906.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.50
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.251.47
now 1.40
1.38
Eric Lauer
1.251.47
now 1.39
1.32
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4047.60
now 42
33
Eric Lauer
4047.60
now 30
34
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0006.60
now 5
2–5
Eric Lauer
.0006.60
now 2
1–3
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.86
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.74