Who's more valuable, rest of season
Craig Kimbrel.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Chad Patrick’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
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SV
Craig Kimbrel wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Chad Patrick wins 2 (W, SV).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chad Patrick
94.9
Craig Kimbrel
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
13.6%
Craig Kimbrel
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
21.0%
Craig Kimbrel
23.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
30.5%
Craig Kimbrel
29.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
40.7%
Craig Kimbrel
36.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
7.4%
Craig Kimbrel
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.319
Craig Kimbrel
.336
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
Chad Patrick
26.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
4.00
Craig Kimbrel
26.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
1.101.54
now 1.20
1.35
Craig Kimbrel
1.101.54
now 1.44
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4057.60
now 34
45
Craig Kimbrel
4057.60
now 17
46
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0008.40
now 3
2–6
Craig Kimbrel
.0008.40
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.60
now 2
1–4
Craig Kimbrel
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyChad Patrick — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeCraig Kimbrel — hold.conf 0.55