Who's more valuable, rest of season
José Alvarado.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Joel Kuhnel’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
◀
SV
José Alvarado wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Joel Kuhnel wins 1 (SV); 1 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
95.1
José Alvarado
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
10.7%
José Alvarado
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
14.0%
José Alvarado
28.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joel Kuhnel
29.2%
José Alvarado
34.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
39.5%
José Alvarado
26.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
5.9%
José Alvarado
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joel Kuhnel
.355
José Alvarado
.296
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
Joel Kuhnel
2.026.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.76
José Alvarado
2.026.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Joel Kuhnel
.9302.06
now 1.18
1.25
José Alvarado
.9302.06
now 1.81
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
4032
now 13
11
José Alvarado
4032
now 26
21
Winshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0001.48
now 1
0–1
José Alvarado
.0001.48
now 1
0–1
Saveshigher is better
Joel Kuhnel
.0005.60
now 4
2–4
José Alvarado
.0005.60
now 1
0–1
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoel Kuhnel — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90