Who's more valuable, rest of season
Too close to call.
They split your categories 2–2. Take whoever fills a bigger need.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Brad Lord wins 2 (K, W); Paul Blackburn wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Lord
94.5
Paul Blackburn
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.3%
Paul Blackburn
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.8%
Paul Blackburn
17.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.4%
Paul Blackburn
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
40.4%
Paul Blackburn
32.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
5.6%
Paul Blackburn
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.307
Paul Blackburn
.294
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
2.224.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.83
Paul Blackburn
2.224.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.62
now 1.00
1.30
Paul Blackburn
.9001.62
now 1.44
1.25
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4037
now 31
29
Paul Blackburn
4037
now 16
19
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0005.20
now 3
2–4
Paul Blackburn
.0005.20
now 2
1–4
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 0.94
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95