Who's more valuable, rest of season
Chris Sale.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and wins.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
WHIP
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W
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SV n/a
Chris Sale wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Chase Burns wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Burns
97.8
Chris Sale
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Burns
15.5%
Chris Sale
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Burns
28.6%
Chris Sale
29.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Burns
34.0%
Chris Sale
35.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Burns
37.4%
Chris Sale
32.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Burns
8.9%
Chris Sale
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Burns
.277
Chris Sale
.289
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
Chase Burns
24.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.96
3.14
Chris Sale
24.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.43
WHIPlower is better
Chase Burns
.9001.35
now 0.96
1.23
Chris Sale
.9001.35
now 0.94
1.17
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Burns
62.4085.60
now 72
68
Chris Sale
62.4085.60
now 80
73
Winshigher is better
Chase Burns
1.6012.40
now 7
4–9
Chris Sale
1.6012.40
now 8
5–10
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighChase Burns — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.89
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.80