Who's more valuable, rest of season
Cole Sulser.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves. Paul Blackburn’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
ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV
Cole Sulser wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Paul Blackburn wins 2 (ERA, W).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Sulser
92.2
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
13.8%
Paul Blackburn
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
24.4%
Paul Blackburn
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Sulser
35.9%
Paul Blackburn
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
39.3%
Paul Blackburn
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Sulser
11.9%
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Sulser
.325
Paul Blackburn
.288
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
2.665.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
3.72
Paul Blackburn
2.665.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.43
WHIPlower is better
Cole Sulser
1.121.66
now 1.54
1.24
Paul Blackburn
1.121.66
now 1.44
1.30
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Sulser
4023.60
now 18
13
Paul Blackburn
4023.60
now 16
12
Winshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0002.80
now 1
0–1
Paul Blackburn
.0002.80
now 2
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Cole Sulser
.0004.40
now 2
1–3
Paul Blackburn
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Sulser — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95