MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
Change to
Chris Murphy
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Alex Vesia wins 1 (K); Chris Murphy wins 1 (W); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.8
Chris Murphy
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
17.8%
Chris Murphy
15.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.8%
Chris Murphy
21.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.5%
Chris Murphy
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
35.6%
Chris Murphy
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
5.5%
Chris Murphy
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.258
Chris Murphy
.304
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
Alex Vesia
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Chris Murphy
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.59
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9002.55
now 0.93
1.24
Chris Murphy
.9002.55
now 2.32
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4036.80
now 28
25
Chris Murphy
4036.80
now 6
14
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0004.20
now 1
01
Chris Murphy
.0004.20
now 1
13
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0005.40
now 2
13
Chris Murphy
.0005.40
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Vesia — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeChris Murphy — hold.conf 0.50
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