Who's more valuable, rest of season
Burch Smith.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts. Ethan Roberts’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a
Burch Smith wins 1 categories (K); Ethan Roberts wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Burch Smith
93.8
Ethan Roberts
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Burch Smith
10.4%
Ethan Roberts
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Burch Smith
27.4%
Ethan Roberts
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Burch Smith
26.2%
Ethan Roberts
25.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Burch Smith
47.8%
Ethan Roberts
44.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Burch Smith
4.3%
Ethan Roberts
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Burch Smith
.287
Ethan Roberts
.342
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
Burch Smith
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
3.70
Ethan Roberts
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Burch Smith
.9001.66
now 1.47
1.24
Ethan Roberts
.9001.66
now 1.00
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Burch Smith
4028.60
now 20
23
Ethan Roberts
4028.60
now 12
21
Winshigher is better
Burch Smith
.000.480
now 0
0–0
Ethan Roberts
.000.480
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBurch Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighEthan Roberts — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85