MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Blade Tidwell
SF · P
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Portrait of Tyler Holton
Tyler Holton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Holton.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Tyler Holton wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Blade Tidwell wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
95.8
Tyler Holton
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
12.8%
Tyler Holton
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
18.8%
Tyler Holton
17.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blade Tidwell
26.8%
Tyler Holton
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
39.2%
Tyler Holton
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
3.9%
Tyler Holton
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blade Tidwell
.282
Tyler Holton
.297
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
2.514.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.00
3.70
Tyler Holton
2.514.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.23
3.66
WHIPlower is better
Blade Tidwell
.9601.49
now 1.08
1.24
Tyler Holton
.9601.49
now 1.37
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
4029.60
now 10
12
Tyler Holton
4029.60
now 24
15
Winshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
.0001.48
now 0
00
Tyler Holton
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Blade Tidwell
.0003.40
now 1
12
Tyler Holton
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlade Tidwell — hold.conf 0.50
BuyTyler Holton — buy.conf 0.73
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