MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · 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 ERA.

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

Alex Vesia wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Sam Hentges 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
Sam Hentges
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
15.8%
Sam Hentges
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
30.2%
Sam Hentges
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
31.9%
Sam Hentges
25.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.1%
Sam Hentges
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
6.7%
Sam Hentges
4.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.272
Sam Hentges
.300
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
24.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.06
Sam Hentges
24.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.83
now 0.93
1.36
Sam Hentges
.9001.83
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4037.20
now 28
6
Sam Hentges
4037.20
now 9
5
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0001.48
now 1
00
Sam Hentges
.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
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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