MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
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Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kumar Rocker.

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

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

Kumar Rocker wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Adrian Houser wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.7
Kumar Rocker
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Kumar Rocker
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
16.0%
Kumar Rocker
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.8%
Kumar Rocker
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
42.0%
Kumar Rocker
39.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
8.7%
Kumar Rocker
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.339
Kumar Rocker
.329
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
2.726.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.63
Kumar Rocker
2.726.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.42
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.221.66
now 1.56
1.35
Kumar Rocker
1.221.66
now 1.32
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4058.40
now 35
8
Kumar Rocker
4058.40
now 44
9
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.0002.80
now 2
01
Kumar Rocker
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.79
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.70
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