MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

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

Tarik Skubal 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
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.9%
Tarik Skubal
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.6%
Tarik Skubal
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
33.1%
Tarik Skubal
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.5%
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.8%
Tarik Skubal
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.346
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
25.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.77
Tarik Skubal
25.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
.9001.58
now 1.40
1.38
Tarik Skubal
.9001.58
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4050.60
now 42
31
Tarik Skubal
4050.60
now 45
42
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.8006.20
now 5
25
Tarik Skubal
.8006.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.86
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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