Who's more valuable, rest of season
Roki Sasaki.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and wins. Framber Valdez’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
WHIP
▶
W
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SV n/a
Roki Sasaki wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Framber Valdez wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Framber Valdez
95.0
Roki Sasaki
97.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
10.1%
Roki Sasaki
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.6%
Roki Sasaki
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.7%
Roki Sasaki
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
41.4%
Roki Sasaki
44.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.5%
Roki Sasaki
12.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.317
Roki Sasaki
.332
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
Framber Valdez
3.944.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.16
Roki Sasaki
3.944.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.45
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.251.42
now 1.32
1.35
Roki Sasaki
1.251.42
now 1.35
1.34
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
44.4060.60
now 54
54
Roki Sasaki
44.4060.60
now 50
55
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0006.60
now 2
1–3
Roki Sasaki
.0006.60
now 3
2–5
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
SellRoki Sasaki — sell.conf 0.71