MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Patrick Sandoval.

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

Patrick Sandoval 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
Patrick Sandoval
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.8%
Patrick Sandoval
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.2%
Patrick Sandoval
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.2%
Patrick Sandoval
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Patrick Sandoval
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.5%
Patrick Sandoval
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.342
Patrick Sandoval
.323
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
25.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.68
Patrick Sandoval
25.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.231.47
now 1.40
1.38
Patrick Sandoval
1.231.47
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4056.80
now 42
29
Patrick Sandoval
4056.80
now 5
34
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0007
now 5
25
Patrick Sandoval
.0007
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.82
Hold · wait & seePatrick Sandoval — hold.conf 0.50
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