MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Andre Pallante
Andre Pallante
STL · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Andre Pallante wins 2 (K, W); Troy Melton wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andre Pallante
95.2
Troy Melton
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andre Pallante
9.6%
Troy Melton
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andre Pallante
17.3%
Troy Melton
23.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andre Pallante
26.8%
Troy Melton
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andre Pallante
34.3%
Troy Melton
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andre Pallante
5.7%
Troy Melton
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andre Pallante
.299
Troy Melton
.281
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
Andre Pallante
25.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.19
3.72
Troy Melton
25.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.26
WHIPlower is better
Andre Pallante
.9001.50
now 1.34
1.33
Troy Melton
.9001.50
now 0.95
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andre Pallante
4062.80
now 46
34
Troy Melton
4062.80
now 4
11
Winshigher is better
Andre Pallante
.0006.60
now 5
25
Troy Melton
.0006.60
now 1
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAndre Pallante — buy.conf 0.71
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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