Who's more valuable, rest of season
Ian Seymour.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins. Louis Varland’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV
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Ian Seymour wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Louis Varland wins 2 (K, SV).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ian Seymour
91.7
Louis Varland
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
14.7%
Louis Varland
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
28.7%
Louis Varland
35.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ian Seymour
33.9%
Louis Varland
36.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ian Seymour
36.1%
Louis Varland
35.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ian Seymour
8.4%
Louis Varland
2.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ian Seymour
.280
Louis Varland
.217
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
Ian Seymour
26.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.22
Louis Varland
26.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.29
3.52
WHIPlower is better
Ian Seymour
.9301.38
now 1.28
1.21
Louis Varland
.9301.38
now 1.03
1.22
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ian Seymour
4047.60
now 32
28
Louis Varland
4047.60
now 42
31
Winshigher is better
Ian Seymour
.0005.20
now 3
2–4
Louis Varland
.0005.20
now 2
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Ian Seymour
.00012.20
now 2
1–3
Louis Varland
.00012.20
now 8
5–9
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyIan Seymour — buy.conf 0.86
Hold · wait & seeLouis Varland — hold.conf 0.50