MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
Portrait of Blake Treinen
Blake Treinen
LAD · P
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Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kirby Yates.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Kirby Yates wins 2 categories (K, SV); Blake Treinen wins 1 (W); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blake Treinen
94.6
Kirby Yates
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
12.3%
Kirby Yates
18.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
25.0%
Kirby Yates
32.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
35.5%
Kirby Yates
37.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
42.2%
Kirby Yates
53.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
12.5%
Kirby Yates
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blake Treinen
.348
Kirby Yates
.279
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
Blake Treinen
2.564.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.70
Kirby Yates
2.564.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Blake Treinen
1.131.32
now 1.25
1.24
Kirby Yates
1.131.32
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blake Treinen
4028.60
now 18
21
Kirby Yates
4028.60
now 10
23
Winshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.0002.80
now 1
12
Kirby Yates
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.0005.60
now 1
02
Kirby Yates
.0005.60
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlake Treinen — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
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