Who's more valuable, rest of season
Cade Smith.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, wins, and saves.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
WHIP
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W
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SV
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Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Bryan Baker wins 1 (ERA).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan Baker
97.1
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
16.3%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
29.3%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
36.1%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
31.0%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
5.7%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan Baker
.246
Cade Smith
.286
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
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.22
3.65
Cade Smith
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Bryan Baker
11.31
now 1.07
1.24
Cade Smith
11.31
now 1.08
1.23
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan Baker
4049.20
now 29
24
Cade Smith
4049.20
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Bryan Baker
.5202.48
now 1
1–1
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Bryan Baker
5.6025.40
now 16
10–18
Cade Smith
5.6025.40
now 20
11–21
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBryan Baker — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50

