Who's more valuable, rest of season
José Alvarado.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Garrett Whitlock’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
ERA
WHIP
◀
W
SV
▶
José Alvarado wins 2 categories (K, SV); Garrett Whitlock wins 1 (W); 2 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
94.7
José Alvarado
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
16.1%
José Alvarado
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
30.7%
José Alvarado
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
38.1%
José Alvarado
36.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
30.9%
José Alvarado
30.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
7.3%
José Alvarado
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
.308
José Alvarado
.310
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
Garrett Whitlock
2.036.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.70
José Alvarado
2.036.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Whitlock
.9002.09
now 1.11
1.24
José Alvarado
.9002.09
now 1.81
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
4048.40
now 26
36
José Alvarado
4048.40
now 26
42
Winshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
.0009.40
now 3
2–7
José Alvarado
.0009.40
now 1
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
.0004.40
now 0
0
José Alvarado
.0004.40
now 1
1–3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGarrett Whitlock — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90