MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Beck Way
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Beck Way.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Beck Way wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Chad Patrick wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Beck Way
97.4
Chad Patrick
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Beck Way
11.6%
Chad Patrick
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Beck Way
20.0%
Chad Patrick
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Beck Way
30.0%
Chad Patrick
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Beck Way
42.5%
Chad Patrick
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Beck Way
6.8%
Chad Patrick
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Beck Way
.341
Chad Patrick
.312
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
Beck Way
25.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Chad Patrick
25.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
3.95
WHIPlower is better
Beck Way
.9001.48
now 1.00
1.24
Chad Patrick
.9001.48
now 1.20
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Beck Way
4046.80
now 2
27
Chad Patrick
4046.80
now 34
24
Winshigher is better
Beck Way
.0004.20
now 0
00
Chad Patrick
.0004.20
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Beck Way
.0003.40
now 0
0
Chad Patrick
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBeck Way — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyChad Patrick — hold.conf 0.60
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