MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
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Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
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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 saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Alex Vesia wins 2 categories (K, SV); Orion Kerkering wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.9
Orion Kerkering
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
17.5%
Orion Kerkering
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.6%
Orion Kerkering
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.6%
Orion Kerkering
28.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.0%
Orion Kerkering
24.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
5.3%
Orion Kerkering
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.257
Orion Kerkering
.266
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
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Orion Kerkering
24.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24
Orion Kerkering
.9001.36
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4033.60
now 28
23
Orion Kerkering
4033.60
now 23
19
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0005.60
now 1
01
Orion Kerkering
.0005.60
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0004.40
now 2
13
Orion Kerkering
.0004.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Vesia — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeOrion Kerkering — hold.conf 0.50
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