MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
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Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kumar Rocker.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Kumar Rocker 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
Kumar Rocker
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.4%
Kumar Rocker
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.0%
Kumar Rocker
20.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.0%
Kumar Rocker
30.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.7%
Kumar Rocker
43.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.6%
Kumar Rocker
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.352
Kumar Rocker
.334
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
Anthony Kay
2.995.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.91
Kumar Rocker
2.995.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.52
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.251.47
now 1.40
1.39
Kumar Rocker
1.251.47
now 1.32
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4049.60
now 42
39
Kumar Rocker
4049.60
now 44
40
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0008
now 5
36
Kumar Rocker
.0008
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.90
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.74
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