MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

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

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

Tarik Skubal wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Adrian Houser wins 0 (none); 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
95.5
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Tarik Skubal
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.2%
Tarik Skubal
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.8%
Tarik Skubal
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
42.2%
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.5%
Tarik Skubal
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.349
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
26.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.84
Tarik Skubal
26.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
.9001.80
now 1.56
1.37
Tarik Skubal
.9001.80
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4052.20
now 35
27
Tarik Skubal
4052.20
now 45
42
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.0005.20
now 2
12
Tarik Skubal
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.89
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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