MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano
COL · 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 (K, ERA); Tomoyuki Sugano wins 2 (WHIP, 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
Tomoyuki Sugano
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Tomoyuki Sugano
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.2%
Tomoyuki Sugano
13.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.7%
Tomoyuki Sugano
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
42.0%
Tomoyuki Sugano
43.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.4%
Tomoyuki Sugano
13.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.348
Tomoyuki Sugano
.395
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
3.216.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.81
Tomoyuki Sugano
3.216.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.01
6.00
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.131.68
now 1.56
1.37
Tomoyuki Sugano
1.131.68
now 1.25
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4040.60
now 35
25
Tomoyuki Sugano
4040.60
now 31
22
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.0005.20
now 2
12
Tomoyuki Sugano
.0005.20
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.88
Sell HighTomoyuki Sugano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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