Who's more valuable, rest of season
Kyle Bradish.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Michael Wacha’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
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K
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ERA
WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Kyle Bradish wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Michael Wacha wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Bradish
94.0
Michael Wacha
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Bradish
11.3%
Michael Wacha
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Bradish
23.3%
Michael Wacha
19.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Bradish
30.4%
Michael Wacha
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Bradish
36.0%
Michael Wacha
36.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Bradish
8.1%
Michael Wacha
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Bradish
.303
Michael Wacha
.315
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
Kyle Bradish
2.874.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.44
3.79
Michael Wacha
2.874.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.23
4.12
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Bradish
11.54
now 1.42
1.39
Michael Wacha
11.54
now 1.12
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Bradish
51.4070.60
now 65
62
Michael Wacha
51.4070.60
now 65
57
Winshigher is better
Kyle Bradish
.8006.20
now 3
2–4
Michael Wacha
.8006.20
now 4
2–5
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyKyle Bradish — buy.conf 0.69
Hold · steadyMichael Wacha — hold.conf 0.60