Who's more valuable, rest of season
José Suarez.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, 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
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV
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José Suarez wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Brad Lord wins 1 (W).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Lord
94.5
José Suarez
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.7%
José Suarez
13.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
22.4%
José Suarez
24.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.5%
José Suarez
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
42.5%
José Suarez
29.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.9%
José Suarez
0.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.312
José Suarez
.293
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
26.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.89
José Suarez
26.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9002.25
now 1.00
1.28
José Suarez
.9002.25
now 1.89
1.26
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4043.60
now 31
32
José Suarez
4043.60
now 33
38
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0007
now 3
2–5
José Suarez
.0007
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0003.40
now 0
0
José Suarez
.0003.40
now 1
0–2
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 LowJosé Suarez — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90