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. Steven Matz’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
◀
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
W
▶
SV n/a
Cole Ragans wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Steven Matz 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
Steven Matz
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Steven Matz
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Steven Matz
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Steven Matz
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Steven Matz
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Steven Matz
11.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Steven Matz
.346
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
Steven Matz
45.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
4.78
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.171.49
now 1.42
1.33
Steven Matz
1.171.49
now 1.24
1.33
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4059
now 45
14
Steven Matz
4059
now 35
10
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0005.60
now 1
0–0
Steven Matz
.0005.60
now 4
1–1
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
SellSteven Matz — sell.conf 0.86