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, wins, and saves.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
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SV
Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Juan Mejia wins 0 (none).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Juan Mejia
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Juan Mejia
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Juan Mejia
23.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Juan Mejia
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Juan Mejia
39.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Juan Mejia
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Juan Mejia
.317
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
Cade Smith
27.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Juan Mejia
27.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.95
now 1.08
1.23
Juan Mejia
.9001.95
now 1.70
1.26
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.40
now 42
34
Juan Mejia
4048.40
now 30
26
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
1–2
Juan Mejia
.5202.48
now 1
1–1
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028.60
now 20
11–21
Juan Mejia
.00028.60
now 3
2–3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJuan Mejia — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90