Who's more valuable, rest of season
Max Scherzer.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins. Cole Ragans’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
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WHIP
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W
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SV n/a
Max Scherzer wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Cole Ragans wins 1 (K); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Max Scherzer
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Max Scherzer
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Max Scherzer
15.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Max Scherzer
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Max Scherzer
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Max Scherzer
13.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Max Scherzer
.374
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.141.90
now 1.42
1.33
Max Scherzer
1.141.90
now 1.73
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4065.80
now 45
51
Max Scherzer
4065.80
now 14
36
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.5202.48
now 1
1–2
Max Scherzer
.5202.48
now 1
1–2
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 · wait & seeMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.50