Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kyle Backhus.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. JoJo Romero’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
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W
SV n/a
Kyle Backhus wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); JoJo Romero wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JoJo Romero
94.5
Kyle Backhus
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JoJo Romero
9.4%
Kyle Backhus
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JoJo Romero
23.1%
Kyle Backhus
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JoJo Romero
27.9%
Kyle Backhus
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JoJo Romero
43.1%
Kyle Backhus
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JoJo Romero
8.1%
Kyle Backhus
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JoJo Romero
.337
Kyle Backhus
.304
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
JoJo Romero
25.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.77
Kyle Backhus
25.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
JoJo Romero
1.091.32
now 1.16
1.25
Kyle Backhus
1.091.32
now 1.24
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JoJo Romero
4031
now 25
18
Kyle Backhus
4031
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
JoJo Romero
.000.480
now 0
0–0
Kyle Backhus
.000.480
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJoJo Romero — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowKyle Backhus — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90