Who's more valuable, rest of season
Eric Lauer.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Zac Gallen’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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ERA
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WHIP
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SV n/a
Eric Lauer wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Zac Gallen wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eric Lauer
90.8
Zac Gallen
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
9.9%
Zac Gallen
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
16.0%
Zac Gallen
14.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eric Lauer
31.3%
Zac Gallen
32.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
39.0%
Zac Gallen
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eric Lauer
11.2%
Zac Gallen
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eric Lauer
.355
Zac Gallen
.363
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
4.456.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.95
4.88
Zac Gallen
4.456.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
5.06
WHIPlower is better
Eric Lauer
1.301.54
now 1.39
1.37
Zac Gallen
1.301.54
now 1.47
1.41
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eric Lauer
4094.40
now 30
64
Zac Gallen
4094.40
now 42
76
Winshigher is better
Eric Lauer
.4007.60
now 2
2–5
Zac Gallen
.4007.60
now 3
3–6
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellEric Lauer — sell.conf 0.90
SellZac Gallen — sell.conf 0.90