Who's more valuable, rest of season
Yusei Kikuchi.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Kumar Rocker’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Yusei Kikuchi wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kumar Rocker wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
94.4
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
12.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
21.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
31.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
42.1%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
7.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
.329
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
Kumar Rocker
2.636.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.42
Yusei Kikuchi
2.636.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Kumar Rocker
1.201.69
now 1.32
1.34
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
4049.60
now 44
34
Yusei Kikuchi
4049.60
now 33
42
Winshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
.0002.80
now 2
1–2
Yusei Kikuchi
.0002.80
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55