Who's more valuable, rest of season
Lance McCullers Jr..
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Brandon Young’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
ERA
WHIP
▶
◀
W
SV n/a
Lance McCullers Jr. wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Brandon Young wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Young
94.3
Lance McCullers Jr.
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Lance McCullers Jr.
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.0%
Lance McCullers Jr.
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.8%
Lance McCullers Jr.
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
42.2%
Lance McCullers Jr.
50.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.0%
Lance McCullers Jr.
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.317
Lance McCullers Jr.
.329
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.18
Lance McCullers Jr.
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.86
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.261.61
now 1.37
1.36
Lance McCullers Jr.
1.261.61
now 1.53
1.34
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4063.80
now 33
38
Lance McCullers Jr.
4063.80
now 43
55
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.8006.20
now 3
2–5
Lance McCullers Jr.
.8006.20
now 2
2–3
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeLance McCullers Jr. — hold.conf 0.55