Who's more valuable, rest of season
Max Scherzer.
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
Max Scherzer 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
Max Scherzer
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.4%
Max Scherzer
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
15.3%
Max Scherzer
15.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
32.6%
Max Scherzer
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
35.0%
Max Scherzer
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.2%
Max Scherzer
13.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.333
Max Scherzer
.373
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.50
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.141.90
now 1.39
1.32
Max Scherzer
1.141.90
now 1.73
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4040.60
now 30
31
Max Scherzer
4040.60
now 14
33
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.2003.80
now 2
1–3
Max Scherzer
.2003.80
now 1
1–2
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.73
Hold · wait & seeMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.50