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. Tyler Alexander’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); Tyler Alexander wins 2 (ERA, W).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kirby Yates
90.5
Tyler Alexander
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
18.0%
Tyler Alexander
8.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
34.2%
Tyler Alexander
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kirby Yates
36.5%
Tyler Alexander
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
51.3%
Tyler Alexander
33.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kirby Yates
10.3%
Tyler Alexander
2.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kirby Yates
.278
Tyler Alexander
.273
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
2.644.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
Tyler Alexander
2.644.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.66
WHIPlower is better
Kirby Yates
1.131.45
now 1.20
1.24
Tyler Alexander
1.131.45
now 1.38
1.25
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kirby Yates
4032.40
now 10
26
Tyler Alexander
4032.40
now 21
24
Winshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0002.80
now 0
0–0
Tyler Alexander
.0002.80
now 1
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Kirby Yates
.0006.60
now 1
1–5
Tyler Alexander
.0006.60
now 2
1–4
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTyler Alexander — hold.conf 0.50