Who's more valuable, rest of season
Josh Ekness.
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
Josh Ekness 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
Josh Ekness
97.7
Trent Thornton
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Josh Ekness
8.2%
Trent Thornton
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Josh Ekness
15.8%
Trent Thornton
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Josh Ekness
22.7%
Trent Thornton
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Josh Ekness
34.3%
Trent Thornton
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Josh Ekness
7.1%
Trent Thornton
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Josh Ekness
.332
Trent Thornton
.344
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
Josh Ekness
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
Trent Thornton
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Josh Ekness
.9001.48
now 1.31
1.24
Trent Thornton
.9001.48
now 0.88
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Josh Ekness
4011.60
now 5
4
Trent Thornton
4011.60
now 6
3
Winshigher is better
Josh Ekness
.0002.80
now 0
0–0
Trent Thornton
.0002.80
now 2
0–1
Saveshigher is better
Josh Ekness
.0002.40
now 1
0–1
Trent Thornton
.0002.40
now 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
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95