MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Aroldis Chapman
Aroldis Chapman
BOS · P
Change to
Emilio Pagán
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Aroldis Chapman.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Aroldis Chapman wins 2 categories (K, SV); Emilio Pagán wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
96.9
Emilio Pagán
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
15.7%
Emilio Pagán
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
30.9%
Emilio Pagán
26.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
34.8%
Emilio Pagán
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
37.2%
Emilio Pagán
51.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
8.5%
Emilio Pagán
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
.259
Emilio Pagán
.306
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
Aroldis Chapman
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.48
3.70
Emilio Pagán
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.43
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Aroldis Chapman
.9001.66
now 0.86
1.24
Emilio Pagán
.9001.66
now 1.43
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
4030.60
now 25
21
Emilio Pagán
4030.60
now 11
11
Winshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
.0004.20
now 0
00
Emilio Pagán
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
.80015.20
now 12
612
Emilio Pagán
.80015.20
now 6
47
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAroldis Chapman — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeEmilio Pagán — hold.conf 0.50
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