MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Aaron Civale
CHC · P
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Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yusei Kikuchi.

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

Yusei Kikuchi 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
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
9.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
17.6%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
31.1%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
45.1%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
9.8%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Civale
.340
Yusei Kikuchi
.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
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.20
4.64
Yusei Kikuchi
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Civale
1.201.69
now 1.47
1.39
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Civale
4044.60
now 39
27
Yusei Kikuchi
4044.60
now 33
35
Winshigher is better
Aaron Civale
.0007
now 5
25
Yusei Kikuchi
.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 & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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