Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jacob Lopez.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Anthony Kay’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
ERA
▶
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a
Jacob Lopez wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Anthony Kay wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Jacob Lopez
90.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.1%
Jacob Lopez
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
17.6%
Jacob Lopez
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
31.6%
Jacob Lopez
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.1%
Jacob Lopez
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.6%
Jacob Lopez
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.350
Jacob Lopez
.312
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
2.587.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.84
Jacob Lopez
2.587.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
4.05
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.212.02
now 1.40
1.39
Jacob Lopez
1.212.02
now 1.84
1.57
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4057.60
now 42
48
Jacob Lopez
4057.60
now 38
52
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
110
now 5
4–8
Jacob Lopez
110
now 4
3–7
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.89
Buy LowJacob Lopez — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90