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. PJ Poulin’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); PJ Poulin wins 1 (W).
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
PJ Poulin
90.1
Ryan Walker
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
PJ Poulin
6.5%
Ryan Walker
7.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
PJ Poulin
15.8%
Ryan Walker
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
PJ Poulin
24.9%
Ryan Walker
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
PJ Poulin
48.4%
Ryan Walker
31.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
PJ Poulin
9.7%
Ryan Walker
4.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
PJ Poulin
.361
Ryan Walker
.310
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
PJ Poulin
27.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.79
Ryan Walker
27.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.46
3.70
WHIPlower is better
PJ Poulin
.9802.15
now 1.46
1.26
Ryan Walker
.9802.15
now 1.89
1.24
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
PJ Poulin
4037.80
now 18
25
Ryan Walker
4037.80
now 14
31
Winshigher is better
PJ Poulin
.0007
now 3
2–5
Ryan Walker
.0007
now 0
0–0
Saveshigher is better
PJ Poulin
.0009
now 2
2–3
Ryan Walker
.0009
now 3
4–7
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighPJ Poulin — 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