Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jesús Luzardo.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Max Fried’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
Jesús Luzardo wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Max Fried wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
97.0
Max Fried
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
14.5%
Max Fried
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
29.2%
Max Fried
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
33.5%
Max Fried
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jesús Luzardo
31.5%
Max Fried
30.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jesús Luzardo
5.8%
Max Fried
1.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jesús Luzardo
.269
Max Fried
.241
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
Jesús Luzardo
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.30
2.98
Max Fried
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.39
WHIPlower is better
Jesús Luzardo
.9001.43
now 1.31
1.23
Max Fried
.9001.43
now 1.01
1.27
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jesús Luzardo
4094.80
now 78
50
Max Fried
4094.80
now 50
36
Winshigher is better
Jesús Luzardo
1.204.80
now 4
2–4
Max Fried
1.204.80
now 4
2–4
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJesús Luzardo — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92