MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Robbie Ray
Robbie Ray
SF · 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 (WHIP, W); Robbie Ray wins 2 (K, ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Robbie Ray
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.9%
Robbie Ray
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.6%
Robbie Ray
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.1%
Robbie Ray
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Robbie Ray
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.8%
Robbie Ray
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.346
Robbie Ray
.327
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
3.365.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.79
Robbie Ray
3.365.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.45
4.39
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.311.47
now 1.40
1.38
Robbie Ray
1.311.47
now 1.40
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4069
now 42
34
Robbie Ray
4069
now 59
48
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0006.60
now 5
35
Robbie Ray
.0006.60
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.87
Sell HighRobbie Ray — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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