Who's more valuable, rest of season
Yusei Kikuchi.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Framber Valdez’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a
Yusei Kikuchi wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Framber Valdez wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Framber Valdez
94.8
Yusei Kikuchi
95.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
9.2%
Yusei Kikuchi
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
17.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
31.1%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
42.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
44.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
5.8%
Yusei Kikuchi
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.324
Yusei Kikuchi
.346
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
3.726.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.32
Yusei Kikuchi
3.726.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.78
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.221.68
now 1.32
1.39
Yusei Kikuchi
1.221.68
now 1.58
1.36
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4071.20
now 54
11
Yusei Kikuchi
4071.20
now 33
12
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0002.80
now 2
0–1
Yusei Kikuchi
.0002.80
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellFramber Valdez — sell.conf 0.65
SellYusei Kikuchi — sell.conf 0.86