MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Nardi
Andrew Nardi
MIA · P
Change to
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Andrew Nardi wins 2 (K, W); Daniel Palencia wins 2 (ERA, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
94.6
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
14.6%
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
27.3%
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
29.5%
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
45.0%
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
13.3%
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
.348
Daniel Palencia
.300
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 Nardi
26.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
3.74
Daniel Palencia
26.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Nardi
1.151.55
now 1.41
1.24
Daniel Palencia
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
4033
now 27
25
Daniel Palencia
4033
now 12
17
Winshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
.0005.20
now 3
14
Daniel Palencia
.0005.20
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
.0008.40
now 0
0
Daniel Palencia
.0008.40
now 3
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAndrew Nardi — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
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