MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Blade Tidwell
SF · P
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Portrait of Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Blade Tidwell.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Taylor Clarke’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Blade Tidwell wins 2 categories (K, SV); Taylor Clarke wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
95.8
Taylor Clarke
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
12.8%
Taylor Clarke
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
18.8%
Taylor Clarke
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
26.8%
Taylor Clarke
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
39.2%
Taylor Clarke
31.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
3.9%
Taylor Clarke
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
.282
Taylor Clarke
.303
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
Blade Tidwell
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.00
3.70
Taylor Clarke
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Blade Tidwell
.9001.46
now 1.08
1.24
Taylor Clarke
.9001.46
now 0.68
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
4017.60
now 10
12
Taylor Clarke
4017.60
now 12
9
Winshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
.0002.80
now 0
00
Taylor Clarke
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
.0003.40
now 1
12
Taylor Clarke
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlade Tidwell — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTaylor Clarke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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