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); Justin Slaten wins 0 (none).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.7
Justin Slaten
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.9%
Justin Slaten
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
36.9%
Justin Slaten
26.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.0%
Justin Slaten
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.1%
Justin Slaten
43.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.7%
Justin Slaten
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.276
Justin Slaten
.308
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
Cade Smith
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.66
Justin Slaten
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23
Justin Slaten
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.80
now 42
46
Justin Slaten
4058.80
now 14
31
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
1–3
Justin Slaten
.0004.20
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00040.60
now 20
16–29
Justin Slaten
.00040.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90