Who's more valuable, rest of season
Josh Ekness.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves. Matt Gage’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV
Josh Ekness wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Matt Gage wins 1 (W); 1 even.
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Josh Ekness
97.7
Matt Gage
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Josh Ekness
8.2%
Matt Gage
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Josh Ekness
15.8%
Matt Gage
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Josh Ekness
22.7%
Matt Gage
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Josh Ekness
34.3%
Matt Gage
31.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Josh Ekness
7.1%
Matt Gage
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Josh Ekness
.332
Matt Gage
.352
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
Josh Ekness
24.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
Matt Gage
24.59
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Josh Ekness
1.171.38
now 1.31
1.24
Matt Gage
1.171.38
now 1.29
1.26
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Josh Ekness
4025
now 5
4
Matt Gage
4025
now 19
4
Winshigher is better
Josh Ekness
.0005.60
now 0
0–0
Matt Gage
.0005.60
now 4
0–1
Saveshigher is better
Josh Ekness
.0002.40
now 1
0–1
Matt Gage
.0002.40
now 1
0–0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJosh Ekness — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeMatt Gage — hold.conf 0.50