MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
George Klassen
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

George Klassen.

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

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

George Klassen wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Anthony Kay wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
George Klassen
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.9%
George Klassen
14.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.3%
George Klassen
19.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.8%
George Klassen
25.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.6%
George Klassen
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.3%
George Klassen
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.340
George Klassen
.358
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
Anthony Kay
2.378.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.66
George Klassen
2.378.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.27
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
.9002.55
now 1.40
1.36
George Klassen
.9002.55
now 2.88
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4055.60
now 42
8
George Klassen
4055.60
now 9
9
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0007
now 5
11
George Klassen
.0007
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.81
Sell HighGeorge Klassen — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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