Who's more valuable, rest of season
Zac Thornton.
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
Zac Thornton 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
Zac Thornton
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
12.3%
Zac Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
20.9%
Zac Thornton
19.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
31.1%
Zac Thornton
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
42.3%
Zac Thornton
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
7.3%
Zac Thornton
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
.330
Zac Thornton
.317
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
3.194.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.42
Zac Thornton
3.194.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Kumar Rocker
1.081.43
now 1.32
1.35
Zac Thornton
1.081.43
now 1.16
1.30
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
4057.60
now 44
35
Zac Thornton
4057.60
now 10
38
Winshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
.0002.80
now 2
1–2
Zac Thornton
.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
Sell HighZac Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95