Who's more valuable, rest of season
Cole Ragans.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Matthew Liberatore’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV n/a
Cole Ragans wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Matthew Liberatore wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Matthew Liberatore
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Matthew Liberatore
23.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Matthew Liberatore
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Matthew Liberatore
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Matthew Liberatore
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Matthew Liberatore
.337
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
45.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
Matthew Liberatore
45.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.59
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.261.57
now 1.42
1.33
Matthew Liberatore
1.261.57
now 1.50
1.37
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4075.40
now 45
14
Matthew Liberatore
4075.40
now 57
11
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0004.20
now 1
0–0
Matthew Liberatore
.0004.20
now 3
0–1
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans sellMatthew Liberatore — hold.conf 0.60