Who's more valuable, rest of season
José Alvarado.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Trent Thornton’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
ERA
WHIP
W
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SV
José Alvarado wins 2 categories (K, SV); Trent Thornton wins 1 (W); 2 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Alvarado
97.6
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
14.4%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
28.5%
Trent Thornton
12.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Alvarado
34.8%
Trent Thornton
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
28.0%
Trent Thornton
48.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
4.3%
Trent Thornton
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Alvarado
.305
Trent Thornton
.348
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
27.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.70
Trent Thornton
27.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
José Alvarado
.9002.18
now 1.81
1.24
Trent Thornton
.9002.18
now 0.88
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Alvarado
4039.60
now 26
30
Trent Thornton
4039.60
now 6
16
Winshigher is better
José Alvarado
.0006.60
now 1
1–2
Trent Thornton
.0006.60
now 2
2–5
Saveshigher is better
José Alvarado
.0003.40
now 1
0–2
Trent Thornton
.0003.40
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 HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95