Who's more valuable, rest of season
Ryan Walker.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves. Matt Gage’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV
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Ryan Walker wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Matt Gage wins 1 (W).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matt Gage
92.2
Ryan Walker
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
10.9%
Ryan Walker
6.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matt Gage
18.1%
Ryan Walker
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matt Gage
33.6%
Ryan Walker
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
30.4%
Ryan Walker
31.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matt Gage
8.9%
Ryan Walker
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matt Gage
.343
Ryan Walker
.314
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
Matt Gage
27.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.63
3.75
Ryan Walker
27.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.46
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Matt Gage
.9802.15
now 1.29
1.25
Ryan Walker
.9802.15
now 1.89
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matt Gage
4036.40
now 19
23
Ryan Walker
4036.40
now 14
30
Winshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0009.80
now 4
2–7
Ryan Walker
.0009.80
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
Matt Gage
.0008.40
now 1
0–2
Ryan Walker
.0008.40
now 3
3–6
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighMatt Gage — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowRyan Walker — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90