MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
MIN · P
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Portrait of Tony Santillan
Tony Santillan
CIN · 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); Tony Santillan 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
93.1
Tony Santillan
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
12.2%
Tony Santillan
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
21.4%
Tony Santillan
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
32.5%
Tony Santillan
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
33.8%
Tony Santillan
46.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
10.8%
Tony Santillan
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
A.J. Minter
.293
Tony Santillan
.348
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
27.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Tony Santillan
27.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.74
WHIPlower is better
A.J. Minter
.9001.76
now 0.86
1.24
Tony Santillan
.9001.76
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
A.J. Minter
4041.40
now 5
31
Tony Santillan
4041.40
now 22
17
Winshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0001.48
now 0
00
Tony Santillan
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0003.40
now 0
0
Tony Santillan
.0003.40
now 2
12
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 & seeTony Santillan — hold.conf 0.50
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