MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Austin Warren
Austin Warren
NYM · P
Change to
Julian Garcia
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Austin Warren wins 1 (W); Julian Garcia wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Austin Warren
93.9
Julian Garcia
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Austin Warren
10.7%
Julian Garcia
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Austin Warren
23.6%
Julian Garcia
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Austin Warren
26.8%
Julian Garcia
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Austin Warren
42.4%
Julian Garcia
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Austin Warren
13.1%
Julian Garcia
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Austin Warren
.349
Julian Garcia
.266
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
Austin Warren
27.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.33
3.70
Julian Garcia
27.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Austin Warren
1.061.31
now 1.13
1.24
Julian Garcia
1.061.31
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Austin Warren
4035.20
now 22
16
Julian Garcia
4035.20
now 3
26
Winshigher is better
Austin Warren
.0001.48
now 1
01
Julian Garcia
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAustin Warren — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJulian Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
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