Who's more valuable, rest of season
Cade Smith.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV
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Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Bryan Baker wins 0 (none); 1 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan Baker
96.5
Cade Smith
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
14.9%
Cade Smith
16.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
27.3%
Cade Smith
35.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
36.5%
Cade Smith
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
36.2%
Cade Smith
44.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
7.2%
Cade Smith
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan Baker
.273
Cade Smith
.270
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
Bryan Baker
23.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.22
3.08
Cade Smith
23.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.01
WHIPlower is better
Bryan Baker
11.30
now 1.07
1.23
Cade Smith
11.30
now 1.08
1.12
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan Baker
4056.40
now 29
6
Cade Smith
4056.40
now 42
7
Winshigher is better
Bryan Baker
.0002.80
now 1
0–0
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Bryan Baker
.00027.20
now 16
2–4
Cade Smith
.00027.20
now 20
2–5
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBryan Baker — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.92