Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kevin Gausman.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Justin Wrobleski’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Kevin Gausman wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Justin Wrobleski wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Justin Wrobleski
94.2
Kevin Gausman
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Justin Wrobleski
8.8%
Kevin Gausman
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Justin Wrobleski
15.4%
Kevin Gausman
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Justin Wrobleski
29.9%
Kevin Gausman
34.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Justin Wrobleski
44.3%
Kevin Gausman
38.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Justin Wrobleski
7.7%
Kevin Gausman
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Justin Wrobleski
.323
Kevin Gausman
.301
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
Justin Wrobleski
2.324.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
4.25
Kevin Gausman
2.324.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.13
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Justin Wrobleski
.9201.33
now 1.01
1.24
Kevin Gausman
.9201.33
now 1.09
1.21
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Justin Wrobleski
4087.60
now 40
55
Kevin Gausman
4087.60
now 66
74
Winshigher is better
Justin Wrobleski
.00015.60
now 7
6–12
Kevin Gausman
.00015.60
now 4
3–6
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJustin Wrobleski — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyKevin Gausman — buy.conf 0.72