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. Kyle Leahy’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); Kyle Leahy wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
94.1
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
9.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
19.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
26.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
50.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
10.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
.353
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
Kyle Leahy
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.25
4.91
Yusei Kikuchi
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Leahy
1.201.69
now 1.56
1.40
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
4059.60
now 46
47
Yusei Kikuchi
4059.60
now 33
52
Winshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
.0009.80
now 5
3–7
Yusei Kikuchi
.0009.80
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Leahy — sell.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55