Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jordan Hicks.
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 the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV
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Jordan Hicks 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
Jordan Hicks
99.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Jordan Hicks
7.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.0%
Jordan Hicks
22.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.1%
Jordan Hicks
22.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.8%
Jordan Hicks
33.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
Jordan Hicks
1.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.316
Jordan Hicks
.311
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
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
4.00
Jordan Hicks
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9002.53
now 1.00
1.31
Jordan Hicks
.9002.53
now 2.09
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4037.40
now 31
29
Jordan Hicks
4037.40
now 15
20
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0005.60
now 3
2–4
Jordan Hicks
.0005.60
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0003.40
now 0
0
Jordan Hicks
.0003.40
now 1
1–2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrad Lord — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowJordan Hicks — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74