Who's more valuable, rest of season
Will Vest.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves. Paul Blackburn’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
K
▶
ERA
WHIP
▶
◀
W
SV
▶
Will Vest wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Paul Blackburn wins 1 (W); 1 even.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
94.4
Will Vest
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
9.2%
Will Vest
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
17.0%
Will Vest
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Blackburn
25.8%
Will Vest
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
35.8%
Will Vest
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
6.4%
Will Vest
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Blackburn
.310
Will Vest
.301
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
Paul Blackburn
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.71
Will Vest
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Paul Blackburn
1.161.53
now 1.44
1.25
Will Vest
1.161.53
now 1.45
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
4037
now 16
23
Will Vest
4037
now 20
31
Winshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0005.20
now 2
2–4
Will Vest
.0005.20
now 1
1–2
Saveshigher is better
Paul Blackburn
.0003.40
now 0
0
Will Vest
.0003.40
now 1
1–2
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seePaul Blackburn — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowWill Vest — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90