Who's more valuable, rest of season
Max Scherzer.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Griffin Canning’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a
Max Scherzer wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Griffin Canning wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Griffin Canning
94.5
Max Scherzer
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
11.6%
Max Scherzer
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
22.8%
Max Scherzer
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Griffin Canning
26.7%
Max Scherzer
32.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
45.3%
Max Scherzer
33.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Griffin Canning
8.6%
Max Scherzer
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Griffin Canning
.327
Max Scherzer
.317
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
Griffin Canning
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.16
4.39
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.19
WHIPlower is better
Griffin Canning
1.271.86
now 1.55
1.41
Max Scherzer
1.271.86
now 1.73
1.40
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Griffin Canning
4034.60
now 27
10
Max Scherzer
4034.60
now 14
8
Winshigher is better
Griffin Canning
.0001.48
now 0
0–0
Max Scherzer
.0001.48
now 1
0–1
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellGriffin Canning — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.60