Who's more valuable, rest of season
Freddy Peralta.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Michael Wacha’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Freddy Peralta wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Michael Wacha wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Freddy Peralta
94.2
Michael Wacha
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Freddy Peralta
12.5%
Michael Wacha
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Freddy Peralta
21.8%
Michael Wacha
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Freddy Peralta
29.9%
Michael Wacha
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Freddy Peralta
39.1%
Michael Wacha
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Freddy Peralta
5.5%
Michael Wacha
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Freddy Peralta
.307
Michael Wacha
.315
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
Freddy Peralta
2.874.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.55
3.93
Michael Wacha
2.874.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.23
4.13
WHIPlower is better
Freddy Peralta
1.011.51
now 1.30
1.40
Michael Wacha
1.011.51
now 1.12
1.28
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Freddy Peralta
4080.80
now 68
44
Michael Wacha
4080.80
now 65
36
Winshigher is better
Freddy Peralta
.0005.20
now 3
1–2
Michael Wacha
.0005.20
now 4
1–3
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowFreddy Peralta — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighMichael Wacha — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.93