MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Aaron Nola
Aaron Nola
PHI · P
Change to
Ronel Blanco
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ronel Blanco.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Aaron Nola’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Ronel Blanco wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Aaron Nola wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Nola
92.3
Ronel Blanco
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Nola
12.4%
Ronel Blanco
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Nola
23.2%
Ronel Blanco
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Nola
32.2%
Ronel Blanco
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Nola
41.5%
Ronel Blanco
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Nola
10.0%
Ronel Blanco
13.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Nola
.320
Ronel Blanco
.358
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Aaron Nola
2.668.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.55
4.23
Ronel Blanco
2.668.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.71
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Nola
.9401.52
now 1.39
1.33
Ronel Blanco
.9401.52
now 1.07
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Nola
4086.40
now 64
41
Ronel Blanco
4086.40
now 8
55
Winshigher is better
Aaron Nola
.0004.20
now 3
13
Ronel Blanco
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAaron Nola — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeRonel Blanco — hold.conf 0.50
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