Who's more valuable, rest of season
José Alvarado.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Cole Sulser’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
ERA
▶
WHIP
W
◀
SV
José Alvarado wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Cole Sulser wins 1 (SV); 2 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Sulser
92.0
José Alvarado
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
12.4%
José Alvarado
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
22.5%
José Alvarado
27.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
32.6%
José Alvarado
36.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
40.0%
José Alvarado
31.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
12.6%
José Alvarado
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Sulser
.347
José Alvarado
.308
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 Sulser
2.946.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
3.74
José Alvarado
2.946.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cole Sulser
1.012.04
now 1.54
1.24
José Alvarado
1.012.04
now 1.81
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Sulser
4046
now 18
25
José Alvarado
4046
now 26
38
Winshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.5202.48
now 1
1–2
José Alvarado
.5202.48
now 1
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0006.60
now 2
1–5
José Alvarado
.0006.60
now 1
1–3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Sulser — hold.conf 0.55
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90