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. Steven Matz’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); Steven Matz wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Steven Matz
93.3
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Steven Matz
10.1%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Steven Matz
17.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Steven Matz
27.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Steven Matz
36.2%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Steven Matz
12.6%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Steven Matz
.361
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
Steven Matz
3.546.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.67
5.13
Yusei Kikuchi
3.546.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.19
WHIPlower is better
Steven Matz
1.101.72
now 1.24
1.37
Yusei Kikuchi
1.101.72
now 1.58
1.31
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Steven Matz
4047.60
now 35
38
Yusei Kikuchi
4047.60
now 33
42
Winshigher is better
Steven Matz
.0007
now 4
3–5
Yusei Kikuchi
.0007
now 0
0–0
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
SellSteven Matz — sell.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55