Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kirby Yates.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves. Paul Blackburn’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
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WHIP
W
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SV
Kirby Yates wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (W); 1 even.
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Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.5
Paul Blackburn
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
18.0%
Paul Blackburn
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
34.2%
Paul Blackburn
16.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
36.5%
Paul Blackburn
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
51.3%
Paul Blackburn
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
10.3%
Paul Blackburn
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.278
Paul Blackburn
.307
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
Kirby Yates
2.934.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Paul Blackburn
2.934.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
1.101.54
now 1.20
1.24
Paul Blackburn
1.101.54
now 1.44
1.25
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4033.80
now 10
27
Paul Blackburn
4033.80
now 16
22
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0005.60
now 0
0–0
Paul Blackburn
.0005.60
now 2
1–4
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0007
now 1
1–5
Paul Blackburn
.0007
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePaul Blackburn — hold.conf 0.50