Who's more valuable, rest of season
Ryan Walker.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Gus Varland’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
◀
W
SV
Ryan Walker wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Gus Varland wins 1 (W); 1 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gus Varland
95.2
Ryan Walker
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
11.4%
Ryan Walker
7.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.5%
Ryan Walker
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
33.5%
Ryan Walker
26.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
49.4%
Ryan Walker
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
13.8%
Ryan Walker
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.365
Ryan Walker
.314
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
Gus Varland
2.607.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.74
Ryan Walker
2.607.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.46
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
.9802.15
now 1.55
1.25
Ryan Walker
.9802.15
now 1.89
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4040.60
now 20
29
Ryan Walker
4040.60
now 14
33
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0002.80
now 1
1–2
Ryan Walker
.0002.80
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Gus Varland
1.408.60
now 4
4–7
Ryan Walker
1.408.60
now 3
4–7
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowRyan Walker — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90