MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Painter
Andrew Painter
PHI · P
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Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Andrew Painter.

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

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

Andrew Painter wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Kumar Rocker wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Painter
96.6
Kumar Rocker
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
12.6%
Kumar Rocker
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
20.8%
Kumar Rocker
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
33.8%
Kumar Rocker
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
35.1%
Kumar Rocker
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
8.1%
Kumar Rocker
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Painter
.322
Kumar Rocker
.324
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 Painter
2.666.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
4.30
Kumar Rocker
2.666.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.34
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Painter
1.241.60
now 1.52
1.37
Kumar Rocker
1.241.60
now 1.32
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Painter
4061.60
now 43
0
Kumar Rocker
4061.60
now 44
0
Winshigher is better
Andrew Painter
.0002.80
now 1
0–0
Kumar Rocker
.0002.80
now 2
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Painter — sell.conf 0.64
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.66
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