MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
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Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

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

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

Dustin May wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Adrian Houser wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.5
Dustin May
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Dustin May
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.2%
Dustin May
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.3%
Dustin May
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
41.9%
Dustin May
46.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.3%
Dustin May
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.349
Dustin May
.308
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
Adrian Houser
3.346.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.86
Dustin May
3.346.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.98
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.201.66
now 1.56
1.37
Dustin May
1.201.66
now 1.30
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4059
now 35
31
Dustin May
4059
now 51
39
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.2003.80
now 2
12
Dustin May
.2003.80
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.90
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
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