MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
Change to
Carson Palmquist
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Adrian Houser wins 2 (K, W); Carson Palmquist wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.5
Carson Palmquist
91.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Carson Palmquist
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.2%
Carson Palmquist
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.8%
Carson Palmquist
35.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
42.2%
Carson Palmquist
24.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.5%
Carson Palmquist
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.349
Carson Palmquist
.320
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
Adrian Houser
26.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.84
Carson Palmquist
26.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
.9001.82
now 1.56
1.37
Carson Palmquist
.9001.82
now 0.90
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4047.80
now 35
28
Carson Palmquist
4047.80
now 3
22
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.0002.80
now 2
12
Carson Palmquist
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.89
Hold · wait & seeCarson Palmquist — hold.conf 0.55
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