Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jared Jones.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Max Scherzer’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV n/a
Jared Jones wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Max Scherzer wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jared Jones
98.6
Max Scherzer
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
15.7%
Max Scherzer
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
22.7%
Max Scherzer
13.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jared Jones
29.9%
Max Scherzer
30.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
40.8%
Max Scherzer
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
9.2%
Max Scherzer
13.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jared Jones
.338
Max Scherzer
.378
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
Jared Jones
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.38
4.10
Max Scherzer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.23
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Jared Jones
.9902.39
now 2.08
1.30
Max Scherzer
.9902.39
now 1.73
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jared Jones
40104
now 6
76
Max Scherzer
40104
now 14
60
Winshigher is better
Jared Jones
.0004.20
now 0
0–0
Max Scherzer
.0004.20
now 1
2–3
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJared Jones — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMax Scherzer — hold.conf 0.50