Who's more valuable, rest of season
Cole Ragans.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Eduardo Rodriguez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
WHIP
W
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SV n/a
Cole Ragans wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Eduardo Rodriguez wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Eduardo Rodriguez
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Eduardo Rodriguez
17.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Eduardo Rodriguez
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Eduardo Rodriguez
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Eduardo Rodriguez
.345
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
Cole Ragans
25.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.23
Eduardo Rodriguez
25.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.24
4.72
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.101.51
now 1.42
1.33
Eduardo Rodriguez
1.101.51
now 1.19
1.33
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4071.60
now 45
64
Eduardo Rodriguez
4071.60
now 52
51
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0008
now 1
1–2
Eduardo Rodriguez
.0008
now 5
3–6
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighEduardo Rodriguez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95