Who's more valuable, rest of season
Chris Sale.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Chris Sale wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Max Scherzer wins 0 (none); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Max Scherzer
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Max Scherzer
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Max Scherzer
15.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Max Scherzer
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Max Scherzer
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Max Scherzer
13.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Max Scherzer
.374
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
Chris Sale
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9002.05
now 0.94
1.13
Max Scherzer
.9002.05
now 1.73
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40106.40
now 80
59
Max Scherzer
40106.40
now 14
35
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.80
now 8
4–8
Max Scherzer
.00010.80
now 1
1–2
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · wait & seeMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.50