Who's more valuable, rest of season
Matt Waldron.
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
Matt Waldron 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
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.8%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.2%
Matt Waldron
19.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.2%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Matt Waldron
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.5%
Matt Waldron
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.342
Matt Waldron
.302
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.68
Matt Waldron
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.141.87
now 1.40
1.38
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4050
now 42
27
Matt Waldron
4050
now 22
29
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0006.60
now 5
2–4
Matt Waldron
.0006.60
now 1
1–2
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.82
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90