Who's more valuable, rest of season
Max Scherzer.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — WHIP. George Kirby’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a
Max Scherzer wins 1 categories (WHIP); George Kirby wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
George Kirby
96.7
Max Scherzer
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
11.7%
Max Scherzer
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
20.0%
Max Scherzer
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Kirby
34.3%
Max Scherzer
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
40.1%
Max Scherzer
33.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
6.6%
Max Scherzer
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Kirby
.315
Max Scherzer
.316
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
George Kirby
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.17
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.19
WHIPlower is better
George Kirby
1.021.93
now 1.22
1.39
Max Scherzer
1.021.93
now 1.73
1.38
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Kirby
4082.60
now 59
0
Max Scherzer
4082.60
now 14
0
Winshigher is better
George Kirby
.0007
now 5
0–0
Max Scherzer
.0007
now 1
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyGeorge Kirby — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.60