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, and saves.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV
Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Richard Lovelady wins 0 (none); 1 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Richard Lovelady
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Richard Lovelady
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Richard Lovelady
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Richard Lovelady
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Richard Lovelady
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Richard Lovelady
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Richard Lovelady
.361
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
2.134.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Richard Lovelady
2.134.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.02
now 1.08
1.23
Richard Lovelady
.9002.02
now 1.75
1.26
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.80
now 42
34
Richard Lovelady
4050.80
now 21
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
1–2
Richard Lovelady
.5202.48
now 2
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028.60
now 20
11–21
Richard Lovelady
.00028.60
now 4
2–5
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRichard Lovelady — hold.conf 0.50