Who's more valuable, rest of season
Eric Lauer.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins. Luis Castillo’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 n/a
Eric Lauer wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Luis Castillo wins 1 (K); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
91.0
Luis Castillo
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Luis Castillo
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
15.3%
Luis Castillo
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.6%
Luis Castillo
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.0%
Luis Castillo
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.2%
Luis Castillo
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.333
Luis Castillo
.337
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
Eric Lauer
3.926.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.50
Luis Castillo
3.926.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.53
4.57
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.251.52
now 1.39
1.32
Luis Castillo
1.251.52
now 1.45
1.34
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4066.40
now 30
32
Luis Castillo
4066.40
now 56
46
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.2003.80
now 2
1–3
Luis Castillo
.2003.80
now 2
1–2
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.73
SellLuis Castillo — sell.conf 0.77