Who's more valuable, rest of season
Zac Thornton.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Randy Vásquez’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
Zac Thornton wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Randy Vásquez wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Randy Vásquez
95.1
Zac Thornton
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Randy Vásquez
9.7%
Zac Thornton
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Randy Vásquez
15.0%
Zac Thornton
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Randy Vásquez
27.7%
Zac Thornton
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Randy Vásquez
44.4%
Zac Thornton
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Randy Vásquez
10.0%
Zac Thornton
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Randy Vásquez
.358
Zac Thornton
.331
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
Randy Vásquez
2.575.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.28
5.06
Zac Thornton
2.575.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.47
WHIPlower is better
Randy Vásquez
1.081.43
now 1.23
1.35
Zac Thornton
1.081.43
now 1.16
1.28
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Randy Vásquez
4062.20
now 47
9
Zac Thornton
4062.20
now 10
10
Winshigher is better
Randy Vásquez
.0007
now 5
1–1
Zac Thornton
.0007
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellRandy Vásquez — sell.conf 0.90
SellZac Thornton — sell.conf 0.72