MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Painter
Andrew Painter
PHI · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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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 Painter wins 2 (K, WHIP); Tatsuya Imai wins 2 (ERA, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Painter
96.6
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
10.9%
Tatsuya Imai
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
18.3%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
31.5%
Tatsuya Imai
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
36.5%
Tatsuya Imai
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
9.4%
Tatsuya Imai
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Painter
.349
Tatsuya Imai
.344
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
4.336.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
4.84
Tatsuya Imai
4.336.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.73
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Painter
1.291.59
now 1.52
1.42
Tatsuya Imai
1.291.59
now 1.36
1.47

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Painter
4049
now 43
33
Tatsuya Imai
4049
now 28
32
Winshigher is better
Andrew Painter
.2003.80
now 1
11
Tatsuya Imai
.2003.80
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellAndrew Painter — hold.conf 0.60
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.84
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