Who's more valuable, rest of season
Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Chris Sale’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a
Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Chris Sale wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Sale
96.1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
15.4%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Sale
30.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Sale
36.5%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
35.1%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
35.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Sale
6.2%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Sale
.267
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.266
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
23.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.01
2.97
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
23.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
2.94
WHIPlower is better
Chris Sale
.9001.15
now 0.94
1.08
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.15
now 1.00
1.02
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Sale
40112
now 80
0
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
40112
now 69
0
Winshigher is better
Chris Sale
.00011.20
now 8
0–0
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.00011.20
now 5
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyChris Sale — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81