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); Merrill Kelly 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
Merrill Kelly
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Merrill Kelly
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
29.7%
Merrill Kelly
15.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.0%
Merrill Kelly
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
33.5%
Merrill Kelly
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.7%
Merrill Kelly
13.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.277
Merrill Kelly
.397
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
27.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.18
Merrill Kelly
27.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
6.09
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.67
now 0.94
1.13
Merrill Kelly
.9001.67
now 1.46
1.42
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4098.80
now 80
59
Merrill Kelly
4098.80
now 33
33
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
110
now 8
4–8
Merrill Kelly
110
now 5
3–6
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.88
SellMerrill Kelly — sell.conf 0.90