MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Aaron Civale
CHC · P
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Portrait of Tyler Mahle
Tyler Mahle
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Mahle.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Aaron Civale’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Tyler Mahle 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
Tyler Mahle
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
9.5%
Tyler Mahle
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
17.5%
Tyler Mahle
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
30.5%
Tyler Mahle
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
45.6%
Tyler Mahle
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
10.0%
Tyler Mahle
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Civale
.344
Tyler Mahle
.318
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
3.456.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.20
4.72
Tyler Mahle
3.456.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.04
4.19
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Civale
1.321.61
now 1.47
1.40
Tyler Mahle
1.321.61
now 1.54
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Civale
4065.80
now 39
35
Tyler Mahle
4065.80
now 57
49
Winshigher is better
Aaron Civale
.0008
now 5
36
Tyler Mahle
.0008
now 1
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAaron Civale — sell.conf 0.84
Buy LowTyler Mahle — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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