Who's more valuable, rest of season
Cole Ragans.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Brandon Young’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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◀
W
SV n/a
Cole Ragans wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Brandon Young wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.4
Cole Ragans
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
18.5%
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.1%
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
39.1%
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.6%
Cole Ragans
15.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.322
Cole Ragans
.344
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
Brandon Young
2.755.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.28
Cole Ragans
2.755.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.261.49
now 1.37
1.37
Cole Ragans
1.261.49
now 1.42
1.33
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4059.40
now 33
9
Cole Ragans
4059.40
now 45
14
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0004.20
now 3
1–1
Cole Ragans
.0004.20
now 1
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50