Who's more valuable, rest of season
Ben Brown.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
W
▶
SV
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Ben Brown wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Cade Smith wins 2 (W, SV).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
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
Ben Brown
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.19
Cade Smith
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.35
now 0.93
1.22
Cade Smith
.9001.35
now 1.08
1.23
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4060.60
now 53
40
Cade Smith
4060.60
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.5202.48
now 2
1–2
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.00029.40
now 1
0–1
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
11–21
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBen Brown — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50