Who's more valuable, rest of season
Cade Smith.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
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SV
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Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Aroldis Chapman wins 0 (none).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
96.9
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
15.8%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
30.6%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
35.0%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
38.4%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
8.2%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
.256
Cade Smith
.286
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
Aroldis Chapman
24.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.48
3.70
Cade Smith
24.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Aroldis Chapman
.9001.39
now 0.86
1.24
Cade Smith
.9001.39
now 1.08
1.23
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
4048.80
now 25
31
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
.0002.80
now 0
0–0
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
4.2025.80
now 12
9–17
Cade Smith
4.2025.80
now 20
11–21
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAroldis Chapman — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50