Who's more valuable, rest of season
Zebby Matthews.
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
Zebby Matthews 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
Zebby Matthews
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.8%
Zebby Matthews
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.2%
Zebby Matthews
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.2%
Zebby Matthews
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Zebby Matthews
40.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.5%
Zebby Matthews
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.342
Zebby Matthews
.335
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
3.415.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.68
Zebby Matthews
3.415.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
4.53
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
.9001.55
now 1.40
1.38
Zebby Matthews
.9001.55
now 1.03
1.33
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4049.20
now 42
27
Zebby Matthews
4049.20
now 24
38
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0006.60
now 5
2–4
Zebby Matthews
.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
SellZebby Matthews — sell.conf 0.75