MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Ryne Stanek
Ryne Stanek
STL · 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 (WHIP); Ryne Stanek wins 1 (K); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.9
Ryne Stanek
98.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
17.5%
Ryne Stanek
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.3%
Ryne Stanek
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.1%
Ryne Stanek
29.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.7%
Ryne Stanek
33.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
7.6%
Ryne Stanek
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.267
Ryne Stanek
.308
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
26.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Ryne Stanek
26.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9002.09
now 0.93
1.24
Ryne Stanek
.9002.09
now 1.76
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4035.60
now 28
21
Ryne Stanek
4035.60
now 30
22
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0001.48
now 1
01
Ryne Stanek
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0004.40
now 2
13
Ryne Stanek
.0004.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Vesia — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyne Stanek — hold.conf 0.50
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