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 ERA. Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Jesús Luzardo wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
96.8
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
14.8%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
30.4%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
33.7%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jesús Luzardo
33.2%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jesús Luzardo
5.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jesús Luzardo
.262
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.271
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
Jesús Luzardo
2.244.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.30
2.83
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.244.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.03
WHIPlower is better
Jesús Luzardo
.9001.43
now 1.31
1.17
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.05
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jesús Luzardo
40103.60
now 78
15
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
40103.60
now 69
14
Winshigher is better
Jesús Luzardo
.0006.60
now 4
1–1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.0006.60
now 5
1–1
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJesús Luzardo — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79