Who's more valuable, rest of season
Zac Thornton.
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
Zac Thornton 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
Zac Thornton
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.8%
Zac Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.0%
Zac Thornton
19.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.5%
Zac Thornton
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.0%
Zac Thornton
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.5%
Zac Thornton
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.351
Zac Thornton
.317
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
3.335.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.88
Zac Thornton
3.335.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.061.50
now 1.40
1.39
Zac Thornton
1.061.50
now 1.16
1.30
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4054.80
now 42
35
Zac Thornton
4054.80
now 10
38
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0008.40
now 5
3–6
Zac Thornton
.0008.40
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.90
Sell HighZac Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95