Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jimmy Herget.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves. Brad Lord’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV
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Jimmy Herget wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Brad Lord wins 2 (K, W).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Lord
94.5
Jimmy Herget
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.7%
Jimmy Herget
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
22.4%
Jimmy Herget
27.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.5%
Jimmy Herget
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
42.5%
Jimmy Herget
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Jimmy Herget
11.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.312
Jimmy Herget
.300
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
26.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.89
Jimmy Herget
26.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.53
now 1.00
1.28
Jimmy Herget
.9001.53
now 1.38
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4038
now 31
32
Jimmy Herget
4038
now 17
25
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0007
now 3
2–5
Jimmy Herget
.0007
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0004.40
now 0
0
Jimmy Herget
.0004.40
now 1
1–3
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrad Lord — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
Buy LowJimmy Herget — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.76