MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Justin Slaten
Justin Slaten
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Vesia.

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

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

Alex Vesia wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Justin Slaten wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
92.1
Justin Slaten
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
15.8%
Justin Slaten
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
30.2%
Justin Slaten
28.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
31.9%
Justin Slaten
33.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.1%
Justin Slaten
36.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
6.7%
Justin Slaten
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.272
Justin Slaten
.266
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
Alex Vesia
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.06
Justin Slaten
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.53
now 0.93
1.36
Justin Slaten
.9001.53
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4037.20
now 28
6
Justin Slaten
4037.20
now 14
5
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0001.48
now 1
00
Justin Slaten
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlex Vesia — buy.conf 0.91
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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