Who's more valuable, rest of season
Matt Waldron.
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
Matt Waldron 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
94.3
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.7%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
19.4%
Matt Waldron
19.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
33.8%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
40.9%
Matt Waldron
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.4%
Matt Waldron
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.319
Matt Waldron
.302
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
4.21
Matt Waldron
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.141.87
now 1.37
1.36
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4038.60
now 33
27
Matt Waldron
4038.60
now 22
29
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.2003.80
now 3
2–3
Matt Waldron
.2003.80
now 1
1–2
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBrandon Young — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90