MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · 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. Trent Thornton’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Alex Vesia wins 2 categories (K, SV); Trent Thornton wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.6
Trent Thornton
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
16.6%
Trent Thornton
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
32.0%
Trent Thornton
10.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
34.5%
Trent Thornton
25.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
34.0%
Trent Thornton
43.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
3.8%
Trent Thornton
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.253
Trent Thornton
.350
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
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Trent Thornton
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.38
now 0.93
1.24
Trent Thornton
.9001.38
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4057.80
now 28
43
Trent Thornton
4057.80
now 6
24
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0009.40
now 1
12
Trent Thornton
.0009.40
now 2
37
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0007
now 2
15
Trent Thornton
.0007
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Vesia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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