Who's more valuable, rest of season
Too close to call.
They split your categories 2–2. Take whoever fills a bigger need.
Head-to-head
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K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
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W
SV n/a
Merrill Kelly wins 2 (K, W); Tomoyuki Sugano wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
92.2
Tomoyuki Sugano
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
10.2%
Tomoyuki Sugano
8.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
14.4%
Tomoyuki Sugano
13.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
34.3%
Tomoyuki Sugano
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
45.0%
Tomoyuki Sugano
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
13.5%
Tomoyuki Sugano
13.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
.400
Tomoyuki Sugano
.394
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
Merrill Kelly
3.157.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
6.16
Tomoyuki Sugano
3.157.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.01
5.98
WHIPlower is better
Merrill Kelly
1.171.54
now 1.46
1.43
Tomoyuki Sugano
1.171.54
now 1.25
1.33
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Merrill Kelly
4042.60
now 33
37
Tomoyuki Sugano
4042.60
now 31
28
Winshigher is better
Merrill Kelly
.0009
now 5
3–7
Tomoyuki Sugano
.0009
now 4
2–5
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellMerrill Kelly — sell.conf 0.90
Sell HighTomoyuki Sugano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95