MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
Change to
Noah Schultz
CWS · 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 (ERA, WHIP); Noah Schultz 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
Noah Schultz
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Noah Schultz
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.2%
Noah Schultz
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.8%
Noah Schultz
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
42.2%
Noah Schultz
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.5%
Noah Schultz
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.349
Noah Schultz
.361
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
4.456.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.84
Noah Schultz
4.456.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.82
5.11
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.251.65
now 1.56
1.37
Noah Schultz
1.251.65
now 1.34
1.42

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4040.60
now 35
27
Noah Schultz
4040.60
now 33
32
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.2003.80
now 2
12
Noah Schultz
.2003.80
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.89
SellNoah Schultz — sell.conf 0.90
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