Who's more valuable, rest of season
Craig Kimbrel.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Brad Lord’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Craig Kimbrel wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Brad Lord wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Lord
94.5
Craig Kimbrel
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.8%
Craig Kimbrel
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.4%
Craig Kimbrel
22.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.8%
Craig Kimbrel
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
42.6%
Craig Kimbrel
38.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
6.1%
Craig Kimbrel
3.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.314
Craig Kimbrel
.331
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
Brad Lord
26.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.93
Craig Kimbrel
26.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.62
now 1.00
1.26
Craig Kimbrel
.9001.62
now 1.44
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4056.20
now 31
34
Craig Kimbrel
4056.20
now 17
45
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0007
now 3
2–5
Craig Kimbrel
.0007
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrad Lord — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeCraig Kimbrel — hold.conf 0.50