MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 27, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
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Portrait of Ryne Nelson
Ryne Nelson
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryne Nelson.

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

Ryne Nelson 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
Ryne Nelson
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.0%
Ryne Nelson
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.2%
Ryne Nelson
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.4%
Ryne Nelson
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.3%
Ryne Nelson
43.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
9.2%
Ryne Nelson
10.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.353
Ryne Nelson
.349
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
3.335.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.86
Ryne Nelson
3.335.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.82
4.77
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.111.48
now 1.40
1.38
Ryne Nelson
1.111.48
now 1.19
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4075.60
now 42
57
Ryne Nelson
4075.60
now 52
66
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.00011.80
now 5
49
Ryne Nelson
.00011.80
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.90
SellRyne Nelson — sell.conf 0.86
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