MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Nunez
Anthony Nunez
BAL · P
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Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daniel Palencia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Daniel Palencia wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Anthony Nunez wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Nunez
96.1
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Nunez
16.1%
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Nunez
24.3%
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Nunez
34.6%
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Nunez
39.1%
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Nunez
8.2%
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Nunez
.324
Daniel Palencia
.300
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 Nunez
27.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.67
3.75
Daniel Palencia
27.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Nunez
1.151.55
now 1.33
1.25
Daniel Palencia
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Nunez
4038.60
now 31
24
Daniel Palencia
4038.60
now 12
18
Winshigher is better
Anthony Nunez
.5202.48
now 2
12
Daniel Palencia
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Nunez
.4007.60
now 3
23
Daniel Palencia
.4007.60
now 3
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Nunez — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
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