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); Shota Imanaga 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
Shota Imanaga
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.5%
Shota Imanaga
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.4%
Shota Imanaga
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
35.8%
Shota Imanaga
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
32.9%
Shota Imanaga
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
5.5%
Shota Imanaga
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.272
Shota Imanaga
.299
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
25.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
3.05
Shota Imanaga
25.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.22
now 0.94
1.10
Shota Imanaga
.9001.22
now 1.07
1.14
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
4094.40
now 80
54
Shota Imanaga
4094.40
now 69
44
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00010.40
now 8
3–8
Shota Imanaga
.00010.40
now 4
2–4
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.71