MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
NYM · P
Change to
Cole Sulser
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

A.J. Minter wins 2 (K, ERA); Cole Sulser wins 2 (W, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
A.J. Minter
92.9
Cole Sulser
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
13.9%
Cole Sulser
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
23.3%
Cole Sulser
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
34.4%
Cole Sulser
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
36.4%
Cole Sulser
41.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
9.1%
Cole Sulser
13.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
A.J. Minter
.263
Cole Sulser
.339
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
A.J. Minter
27.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Cole Sulser
27.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
3.74
WHIPlower is better
A.J. Minter
.9001.81
now 0.86
1.24
Cole Sulser
.9001.81
now 1.54
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
A.J. Minter
4054
now 5
40
Cole Sulser
4054
now 18
18
Winshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0001.48
now 0
00
Cole Sulser
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0005.60
now 0
0
Cole Sulser
.0005.60
now 2
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighA.J. Minter — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeCole Sulser — hold.conf 0.55
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