Who's more valuable, rest of season
Max Scherzer.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Carmen Mlodzinski’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
◀
W
SV n/a
Max Scherzer wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Carmen Mlodzinski wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
95.0
Max Scherzer
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
9.7%
Max Scherzer
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
18.6%
Max Scherzer
13.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
30.6%
Max Scherzer
30.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
45.3%
Max Scherzer
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
7.4%
Max Scherzer
13.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.333
Max Scherzer
.377
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
Carmen Mlodzinski
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.76
4.48
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
1.141.90
now 1.42
1.37
Max Scherzer
1.141.90
now 1.73
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
4071.40
now 46
55
Max Scherzer
4071.40
now 14
55
Winshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.0008
now 4
3–6
Max Scherzer
.0008
now 1
1–3
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellCarmen Mlodzinski — sell.conf 0.72
Hold · wait & seeMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.50