Who's more valuable, rest of season
Gus Varland.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves. PJ Poulin’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
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WHIP
W
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SV
Gus Varland wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); PJ Poulin wins 1 (W).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gus Varland
95.1
PJ Poulin
90.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
11.3%
PJ Poulin
6.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.4%
PJ Poulin
15.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
33.5%
PJ Poulin
25.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
48.9%
PJ Poulin
48.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
13.8%
PJ Poulin
10.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.367
PJ Poulin
.371
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Gus Varland
2.844.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.74
PJ Poulin
2.844.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.81
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
1.131.67
now 1.55
1.25
PJ Poulin
1.131.67
now 1.46
1.26
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4033.60
now 20
28
PJ Poulin
4033.60
now 18
27
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0006.60
now 1
1–2
PJ Poulin
.0006.60
now 3
2–5
Saveshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0009
now 4
4–7
PJ Poulin
.0009
now 2
2–3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95