MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
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Portrait of Grayson Rodriguez
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA · P
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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 (ERA, WHIP); Grayson Rodriguez wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.5
Grayson Rodriguez
96.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Grayson Rodriguez
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.2%
Grayson Rodriguez
17.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.8%
Grayson Rodriguez
25.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
42.2%
Grayson Rodriguez
52.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.5%
Grayson Rodriguez
11.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.349
Grayson Rodriguez
.414
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
3.768.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.84
Grayson Rodriguez
3.768.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.53
6.58
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.251.79
now 1.56
1.37
Grayson Rodriguez
1.251.79
now 1.67
1.47

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4051.80
now 35
27
Grayson Rodriguez
4051.80
now 14
41
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.0009.40
now 2
12
Grayson Rodriguez
.0009.40
now 2
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.89
SellGrayson Rodriguez — sell.conf 0.90
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