Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kirby Yates.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves. Eduard Bazardo’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
SV
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Kirby Yates wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Eduard Bazardo wins 1 (W).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Kirby Yates
90.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
10.1%
Kirby Yates
17.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
24.4%
Kirby Yates
30.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduard Bazardo
28.2%
Kirby Yates
37.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
38.5%
Kirby Yates
48.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
9.8%
Kirby Yates
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduard Bazardo
.324
Kirby Yates
.271
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Eduard Bazardo
25.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
4.17
Kirby Yates
25.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Eduard Bazardo
1.131.45
now 1.38
1.25
Kirby Yates
1.131.45
now 1.20
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
4028.60
now 23
13
Kirby Yates
4028.60
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.0004.20
now 3
1–3
Kirby Yates
.0004.20
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Eduard Bazardo
.0004.40
now 0
0
Kirby Yates
.0004.40
now 1
1–3
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEduard Bazardo — sell.conf 0.65
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50