MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Albert Suárez
BAL · P
Change to
Portrait of Luis Medina
Luis Medina
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Luis Medina.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Albert Suárez’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Luis Medina wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Albert Suárez wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Albert Suárez
93.6
Luis Medina
97.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
11.0%
Luis Medina
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
16.0%
Luis Medina
26.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Albert Suárez
26.4%
Luis Medina
24.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
40.7%
Luis Medina
39.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Albert Suárez
8.7%
Luis Medina
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Albert Suárez
.339
Luis Medina
.331
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
Albert Suárez
25.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
4.48
Luis Medina
25.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.88
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Albert Suárez
1.121.47
now 1.21
1.39
Luis Medina
1.121.47
now 1.20
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Albert Suárez
4033.80
now 10
11
Luis Medina
4033.80
now 27
16
Winshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0004.20
now 2
13
Luis Medina
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Albert Suárez
.0003.40
now 1
02
Luis Medina
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAlbert Suárez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
SellLuis Medina — sell.conf 0.71
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