Who's more valuable, rest of season
Matt Waldron.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Jose Quintana’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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◀
W
SV n/a
Matt Waldron wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Jose Quintana wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jose Quintana
89.7
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Matt Waldron
8.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Matt Waldron
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Matt Waldron
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Matt Waldron
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
8.4%
Matt Waldron
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Quintana
.343
Matt Waldron
.292
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
Jose Quintana
2.328.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.28
Matt Waldron
2.328.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.08
WHIPlower is better
Jose Quintana
1.141.87
now 1.51
1.36
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Quintana
4027.60
now 20
8
Matt Waldron
4027.60
now 22
11
Winshigher is better
Jose Quintana
.0002.80
now 2
0–1
Matt Waldron
.0002.80
now 1
0–1
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90