Who's more valuable, rest of season
José Alvarado.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Dennis Santana’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
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SV
José Alvarado wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Dennis Santana wins 2 (W, SV).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dennis Santana
94.1
José Alvarado
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
11.8%
José Alvarado
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
18.9%
José Alvarado
28.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
33.1%
José Alvarado
37.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
37.1%
José Alvarado
29.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
8.2%
José Alvarado
3.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dennis Santana
.333
José Alvarado
.298
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
Dennis Santana
2.946.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.81
3.74
José Alvarado
2.946.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Dennis Santana
1.012.04
now 1.48
1.25
José Alvarado
1.012.04
now 1.81
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dennis Santana
4044.20
now 19
25
José Alvarado
4044.20
now 26
37
Winshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.2003.80
now 2
2–3
José Alvarado
.2003.80
now 1
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0004.40
now 2
2–3
José Alvarado
.0004.40
now 1
1–2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDennis Santana — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90