MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Aaron Civale
CHC · P
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Dean Kremer
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dean Kremer.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Dean Kremer wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Aaron Civale wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Civale
91.4
Dean Kremer
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
9.6%
Dean Kremer
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
17.4%
Dean Kremer
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
30.8%
Dean Kremer
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
45.7%
Dean Kremer
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
9.8%
Dean Kremer
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Civale
.340
Dean Kremer
.340
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
Aaron Civale
3.874.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.20
4.65
Dean Kremer
3.874.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Civale
.9001.69
now 1.47
1.39
Dean Kremer
.9001.69
now 0.91
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Civale
4056.60
now 39
30
Dean Kremer
4056.60
now 16
45
Winshigher is better
Aaron Civale
.0007
now 5
25
Dean Kremer
.0007
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAaron Civale — sell.conf 0.80
Hold · wait & seeDean Kremer — hold.conf 0.50
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