MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · P
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Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Dustin May wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Andrew Abbott wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.5
Dustin May
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.7%
Dustin May
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.6%
Dustin May
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
29.0%
Dustin May
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
39.0%
Dustin May
46.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.3%
Dustin May
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.334
Dustin May
.308
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
Andrew Abbott
3.744.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.54
Dustin May
3.744.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.98
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.231.51
now 1.44
1.41
Dustin May
1.231.51
now 1.30
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4058.20
now 42
33
Dustin May
4058.20
now 51
39
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
1.204.80
now 4
24
Dustin May
1.204.80
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Abbott — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
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