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. Matthew Liberatore’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); Matthew Liberatore wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
94.4
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
11.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
22.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Matthew Liberatore
29.8%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
42.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
8.6%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Matthew Liberatore
.338
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
Matthew Liberatore
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.59
Yusei Kikuchi
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Matthew Liberatore
1.201.69
now 1.50
1.38
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
4066.60
now 57
35
Yusei Kikuchi
4066.60
now 33
36
Winshigher is better
Matthew Liberatore
.0004.20
now 3
1–3
Yusei Kikuchi
.0004.20
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellMatthew Liberatore — sell.conf 0.78
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55