Who's more valuable, rest of season
Yusei Kikuchi.
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
Yusei Kikuchi 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
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jose Quintana
8.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jose Quintana
.343
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.27
Yusei Kikuchi
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Jose Quintana
1.201.69
now 1.51
1.36
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jose Quintana
4066.20
now 20
37
Yusei Kikuchi
4066.20
now 33
53
Winshigher is better
Jose Quintana
.0005.60
now 2
2–4
Yusei Kikuchi
.0005.60
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55