MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Aroldis Chapman
Aroldis Chapman
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Riley O'Brien
Riley O'Brien
STL · 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, ERA, and saves. Riley O'Brien’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Aroldis Chapman wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Riley O'Brien wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
96.9
Riley O'Brien
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
15.8%
Riley O'Brien
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
30.6%
Riley O'Brien
23.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aroldis Chapman
35.0%
Riley O'Brien
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
38.4%
Riley O'Brien
38.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
8.2%
Riley O'Brien
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aroldis Chapman
.256
Riley O'Brien
.323
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
Aroldis Chapman
25.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.48
3.70
Riley O'Brien
25.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Aroldis Chapman
.9001.39
now 0.86
1.24
Riley O'Brien
.9001.39
now 0.99
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
4036.60
now 25
31
Riley O'Brien
4036.60
now 27
23
Winshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
.0005.60
now 0
00
Riley O'Brien
.0005.60
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Aroldis Chapman
4.4020.60
now 12
917
Riley O'Brien
4.4020.60
now 14
815
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAroldis Chapman — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRiley O'Brien — hold.conf 0.50
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