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); Kyle Backhus wins 0 (none).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Kyle Backhus
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Kyle Backhus
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Kyle Backhus
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Kyle Backhus
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Kyle Backhus
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Kyle Backhus
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Kyle Backhus
.304
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
25.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Kyle Backhus
25.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Kyle Backhus
1.011.31
now 1.24
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054.80
now 42
29
Kyle Backhus
4054.80
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
1–2
Kyle Backhus
.0002.80
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
10–18
Kyle Backhus
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowKyle Backhus — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90