Who's more valuable, rest of season
José Alvarado.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves. Reynaldo López’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
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ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV
José Alvarado wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Reynaldo López wins 2 (K, W).
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Alvarado
97.3
Reynaldo López
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
14.9%
Reynaldo López
8.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
27.5%
Reynaldo López
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Alvarado
36.1%
Reynaldo López
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
31.3%
Reynaldo López
35.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
3.8%
Reynaldo López
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Alvarado
.308
Reynaldo López
.334
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
José Alvarado
2.406.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
Reynaldo López
2.406.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.31
3.83
WHIPlower is better
José Alvarado
1.012.04
now 1.81
1.24
Reynaldo López
1.012.04
now 1.33
1.27
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Alvarado
4049.80
now 26
39
Reynaldo López
4049.80
now 31
43
Winshigher is better
José Alvarado
.0005.20
now 1
1–2
Reynaldo López
.0005.20
now 2
1–4
Saveshigher is better
José Alvarado
.0004.40
now 1
1–3
Reynaldo López
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighReynaldo López — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95