Who's more valuable, rest of season
Max Scherzer.
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
Max Scherzer 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
Max Scherzer
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.9%
Max Scherzer
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.6%
Max Scherzer
15.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.1%
Max Scherzer
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Max Scherzer
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.8%
Max Scherzer
13.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.346
Max Scherzer
.373
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
4.77
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.141.90
now 1.40
1.38
Max Scherzer
1.141.90
now 1.73
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4053.20
now 42
31
Max Scherzer
4053.20
now 14
33
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0006.60
now 5
2–5
Max Scherzer
.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 0.86
Hold · wait & seeMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.50