MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Bailey Ober
Bailey Ober
MIN · P
Change to
Ronel Blanco
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ronel Blanco.

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

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

Ronel Blanco wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bailey Ober wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bailey Ober
88.2
Ronel Blanco
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bailey Ober
9.6%
Ronel Blanco
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bailey Ober
16.2%
Ronel Blanco
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bailey Ober
29.2%
Ronel Blanco
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bailey Ober
33.1%
Ronel Blanco
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bailey Ober
9.7%
Ronel Blanco
13.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bailey Ober
.323
Ronel Blanco
.358
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
Bailey Ober
2.668.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.29
Ronel Blanco
2.668.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.71
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Bailey Ober
.9701.41
now 1.22
1.31
Ronel Blanco
.9701.41
now 1.07
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bailey Ober
4073.80
now 46
31
Ronel Blanco
4073.80
now 8
55
Winshigher is better
Bailey Ober
.0008.40
now 6
25
Ronel Blanco
.0008.40
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellBailey Ober — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeRonel Blanco — hold.conf 0.50
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