MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Aaron Civale
CHC · P
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Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kumar Rocker.

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

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

Kumar Rocker wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Aaron Civale wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Civale
91.4
Kumar Rocker
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
9.1%
Kumar Rocker
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
16.9%
Kumar Rocker
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
30.2%
Kumar Rocker
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
46.2%
Kumar Rocker
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
10.2%
Kumar Rocker
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Civale
.350
Kumar Rocker
.330
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
3.015.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.20
4.87
Kumar Rocker
3.015.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.44
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Civale
1.251.54
now 1.47
1.41
Kumar Rocker
1.251.54
now 1.32
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Civale
4049.60
now 39
39
Kumar Rocker
4049.60
now 44
39
Winshigher is better
Aaron Civale
.0008
now 5
36
Kumar Rocker
.0008
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAaron Civale — sell.conf 0.90
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.71
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