MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
Hunter Dobbins
STL · 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

Anthony Kay wins 2 (K, W); Hunter Dobbins wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Hunter Dobbins
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.4%
Hunter Dobbins
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.0%
Hunter Dobbins
24.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.0%
Hunter Dobbins
25.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.7%
Hunter Dobbins
48.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.6%
Hunter Dobbins
11.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.352
Hunter Dobbins
.346
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
3.315.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.91
Hunter Dobbins
3.315.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.231.47
now 1.40
1.39
Hunter Dobbins
1.231.47
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4055.60
now 42
38
Hunter Dobbins
4055.60
now 8
32
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0008.40
now 5
36
Hunter Dobbins
.0008.40
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeHunter Dobbins — hold.conf 0.50
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