Who's more valuable, rest of season
Matt Waldron.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Eric Lauer’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
Matt Waldron wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Eric Lauer wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
91.0
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.3%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
14.7%
Matt Waldron
19.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.4%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.5%
Matt Waldron
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.4%
Matt Waldron
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.341
Matt Waldron
.302
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
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.66
Matt Waldron
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.141.87
now 1.39
1.33
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4035.60
now 30
28
Matt Waldron
4035.60
now 22
29
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.5202.48
now 2
1–2
Matt Waldron
.5202.48
now 1
1–2
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.81
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90