Who's more valuable, rest of season
Steven Matz.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts 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
WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Steven Matz wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Anthony Kay wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Steven Matz
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.9%
Steven Matz
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.6%
Steven Matz
18.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.1%
Steven Matz
27.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Steven Matz
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.8%
Steven Matz
12.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.346
Steven Matz
.356
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 Kay
3.285.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.78
Steven Matz
3.285.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
5.00
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.171.47
now 1.40
1.38
Steven Matz
1.171.47
now 1.24
1.36
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4047.60
now 42
32
Steven Matz
4047.60
now 35
35
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.8006.20
now 5
2–5
Steven Matz
.8006.20
now 4
2–5
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.86
SellSteven Matz — sell.conf 0.90