Who's more valuable, rest of season
Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Braxton Ashcraft’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
▶
WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Braxton Ashcraft wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
97.3
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
13.3%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
25.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.0%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
41.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.2%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.287
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.271
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
2.513.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.42
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.513.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.03
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9301.21
now 1.03
1.14
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9301.21
now 1.00
1.05
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
40107.80
now 81
15
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
40107.80
now 69
14
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.0006.60
now 5
1–1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.0006.60
now 5
1–1
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.80
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79