Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kirby Yates.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Ryan Thompson’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
WHIP
W
▶
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SV
Kirby Yates wins 2 categories (K, SV); Ryan Thompson wins 1 (W); 2 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.5
Ryan Thompson
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
17.5%
Ryan Thompson
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
34.3%
Ryan Thompson
16.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
35.9%
Ryan Thompson
34.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
54.1%
Ryan Thompson
37.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
10.8%
Ryan Thompson
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.290
Ryan Thompson
.303
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
Kirby Yates
2.124.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Ryan Thompson
2.124.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
1.101.31
now 1.20
1.24
Ryan Thompson
1.101.31
now 1.17
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4033.80
now 10
27
Ryan Thompson
4033.80
now 12
19
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0005.60
now 0
0–0
Ryan Thompson
.0005.60
now 2
1–4
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0007
now 1
1–5
Ryan Thompson
.0007
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Thompson — hold.conf 0.50