MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Mitch Keller
Mitch Keller
PIT · 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

Anthony Kay wins 2 (ERA, W); Mitch Keller wins 2 (K, 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
Mitch Keller
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.4%
Mitch Keller
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.0%
Mitch Keller
17.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.0%
Mitch Keller
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.7%
Mitch Keller
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.6%
Mitch Keller
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.352
Mitch Keller
.354
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
3.315.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.88
Mitch Keller
3.315.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.93
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.081.49
now 1.40
1.39
Mitch Keller
1.081.49
now 1.17
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4056.60
now 42
41
Mitch Keller
4056.60
now 51
47
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
1.408.60
now 5
37
Mitch Keller
1.408.60
now 5
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.90
SellMitch Keller — sell.conf 0.90
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