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. 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
Kirby Yates 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
Kirby Yates
90.9
Trent Thornton
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
18.0%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
31.0%
Trent Thornton
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
37.2%
Trent Thornton
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
49.2%
Trent Thornton
47.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
7.9%
Trent Thornton
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.282
Trent Thornton
.348
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
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Trent Thornton
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
.9001.38
now 1.20
1.24
Trent Thornton
.9001.38
now 0.88
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4022.60
now 10
17
Trent Thornton
4022.60
now 6
11
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0005.60
now 0
0–0
Trent Thornton
.0005.60
now 2
1–4
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0004.40
now 1
1–3
Trent Thornton
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95