MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Nardi
Andrew Nardi
MIA · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trent Thornton.

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

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

Trent Thornton wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Andrew Nardi wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
94.6
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
14.6%
Trent Thornton
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
27.3%
Trent Thornton
11.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
29.5%
Trent Thornton
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
45.0%
Trent Thornton
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
13.3%
Trent Thornton
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
.348
Trent Thornton
.343
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 Nardi
26.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
3.74
Trent Thornton
26.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Nardi
.9001.62
now 1.41
1.24
Trent Thornton
.9001.62
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
4035.40
now 27
23
Trent Thornton
4035.40
now 6
13
Winshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
.0005.20
now 3
14
Trent Thornton
.0005.20
now 2
14

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAndrew Nardi — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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