Who's more valuable, rest of season
Yusei Kikuchi.
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
Yusei Kikuchi 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
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
11.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Young
18.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Young
34.6%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
41.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Young
6.2%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Young
.322
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
2.376.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.35
4.25
Yusei Kikuchi
2.376.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Young
1.201.69
now 1.37
1.39
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Young
4073.60
now 33
48
Yusei Kikuchi
4073.60
now 33
62
Winshigher is better
Brandon Young
.0008.40
now 3
3–6
Yusei Kikuchi
.0008.40
now 0
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 & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55