MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Painter
Andrew Painter
PHI · P
Change to
Portrait of Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano
COL · 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 Painter wins 2 (K, ERA); Tomoyuki Sugano wins 2 (WHIP, 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
Tomoyuki Sugano
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
10.9%
Tomoyuki Sugano
8.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
18.3%
Tomoyuki Sugano
13.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
31.5%
Tomoyuki Sugano
26.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
36.5%
Tomoyuki Sugano
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
9.4%
Tomoyuki Sugano
13.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Painter
.349
Tomoyuki Sugano
.399
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 Painter
3.166.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
4.84
Tomoyuki Sugano
3.166.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.01
6.13
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Painter
1.141.63
now 1.52
1.42
Tomoyuki Sugano
1.141.63
now 1.25
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Painter
4050.60
now 43
33
Tomoyuki Sugano
4050.60
now 31
24
Winshigher is better
Andrew Painter
.0005.20
now 1
11
Tomoyuki Sugano
.0005.20
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellAndrew Painter — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTomoyuki Sugano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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