Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jake Irvin.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Kumar Rocker’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
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WHIP
W
SV n/a
Jake Irvin wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Kumar Rocker wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Irvin
92.9
Kumar Rocker
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
11.8%
Kumar Rocker
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
25.4%
Kumar Rocker
20.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Kumar Rocker
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
45.8%
Kumar Rocker
42.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Irvin
12.0%
Kumar Rocker
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Irvin
.349
Kumar Rocker
.330
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
Jake Irvin
2.865.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.82
Kumar Rocker
2.865.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.41
WHIPlower is better
Jake Irvin
1.251.44
now 1.35
1.33
Kumar Rocker
1.251.44
now 1.32
1.37
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Irvin
4069.20
now 58
62
Kumar Rocker
4069.20
now 44
51
Winshigher is better
Jake Irvin
1.523.48
now 2
2–3
Kumar Rocker
1.523.48
now 2
2–3
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.88
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.69