MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Slade Cecconi
Slade Cecconi
CLE · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Slade Cecconi.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Anthony Kay’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Slade Cecconi 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
Slade Cecconi
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.1%
Slade Cecconi
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
17.6%
Slade Cecconi
17.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
31.6%
Slade Cecconi
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.1%
Slade Cecconi
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.6%
Slade Cecconi
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.350
Slade Cecconi
.328
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
3.185.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.84
Slade Cecconi
3.185.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.25
4.37
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.301.56
now 1.40
1.39
Slade Cecconi
1.301.56
now 1.49
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4060.60
now 42
49
Slade Cecconi
4060.60
now 50
55
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.00010.40
now 5
48
Slade Cecconi
.00010.40
now 3
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.89
SellSlade Cecconi — sell.conf 0.68
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