Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kirby Yates.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Jonathan Bowlan’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
ERA
WHIP
◀
W
SV
▶
Kirby Yates wins 2 categories (K, SV); Jonathan Bowlan wins 1 (W); 2 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jonathan Bowlan
97.2
Kirby Yates
90.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Bowlan
16.9%
Kirby Yates
17.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jonathan Bowlan
31.7%
Kirby Yates
30.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jonathan Bowlan
34.4%
Kirby Yates
37.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jonathan Bowlan
33.7%
Kirby Yates
48.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jonathan Bowlan
5.1%
Kirby Yates
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jonathan Bowlan
.247
Kirby Yates
.271
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
Jonathan Bowlan
3.315.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
3.70
Kirby Yates
3.315.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jonathan Bowlan
1.081.31
now 1.15
1.24
Kirby Yates
1.081.31
now 1.20
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jonathan Bowlan
4021.60
now 16
11
Kirby Yates
4021.60
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
Jonathan Bowlan
.0001.48
now 1
0–1
Kirby Yates
.0001.48
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Jonathan Bowlan
.0004.40
now 0
0
Kirby Yates
.0004.40
now 1
1–3
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJonathan Bowlan — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50