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); Michael Rucker wins 0 (none).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Michael Rucker
95.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Michael Rucker
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Michael Rucker
27.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Michael Rucker
35.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Michael Rucker
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Michael Rucker
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Michael Rucker
.299
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
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Michael Rucker
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.54
now 1.08
1.23
Michael Rucker
.9001.54
now 0.50
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4057.60
now 42
29
Michael Rucker
4057.60
now 3
19
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
1–2
Michael Rucker
.0002.80
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
10–18
Michael Rucker
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMichael Rucker — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.85