MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · P
Change to
Elmer Rodríguez
NYY · P
Change to
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

Andrew Abbott wins 2 (K, W); Elmer Rodríguez wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.6
Elmer Rodríguez
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.5%
Elmer Rodríguez
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.4%
Elmer Rodríguez
12.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
28.8%
Elmer Rodríguez
22.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
38.8%
Elmer Rodríguez
34.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.4%
Elmer Rodríguez
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.335
Elmer Rodríguez
.367
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
Andrew Abbott
3.725.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.54
Elmer Rodríguez
3.725.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.121.94
now 1.44
1.42
Elmer Rodríguez
1.121.94
now 1.76
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4054.80
now 42
38
Elmer Rodríguez
4054.80
now 10
29
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.0007
now 4
25
Elmer Rodríguez
.0007
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Abbott — sell.conf 0.75
Hold · wait & seeElmer Rodríguez — hold.conf 0.50
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