MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrés Muñoz
Andrés Muñoz
SEA · P
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Portrait of Gregory Soto
Gregory Soto
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Andrés Muñoz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves. Gregory Soto’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Andrés Muñoz wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Gregory Soto wins 2 (ERA, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
99.3
Gregory Soto
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
19.3%
Gregory Soto
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
35.7%
Gregory Soto
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrés Muñoz
38.2%
Gregory Soto
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrés Muñoz
42.2%
Gregory Soto
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrés Muñoz
8.4%
Gregory Soto
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrés Muñoz
.290
Gregory Soto
.278
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
Andrés Muñoz
25.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
3.70
Gregory Soto
25.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.95
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Andrés Muñoz
.9001.49
now 1.28
1.24
Gregory Soto
.9001.49
now 0.76
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrés Muñoz
4040.60
now 35
27
Gregory Soto
4040.60
now 32
21
Winshigher is better
Andrés Muñoz
1.204.80
now 3
23
Gregory Soto
1.204.80
now 4
24
Saveshigher is better
Andrés Muñoz
.60011.40
now 9
59
Gregory Soto
.60011.40
now 7
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAndrés Muñoz — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
Hold · wait & seeGregory Soto — hold.conf 0.50
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