MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Blake Treinen
Blake Treinen
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson
AZ · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Blake Treinen.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Blake Treinen wins 2 categories (K, SV); Ryan Thompson wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blake Treinen
94.6
Ryan Thompson
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
12.3%
Ryan Thompson
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
25.0%
Ryan Thompson
15.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blake Treinen
35.5%
Ryan Thompson
35.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
42.2%
Ryan Thompson
33.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blake Treinen
12.5%
Ryan Thompson
4.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blake Treinen
.348
Ryan Thompson
.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
Blake Treinen
2.374.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.70
Ryan Thompson
2.374.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Blake Treinen
1.101.32
now 1.25
1.24
Ryan Thompson
1.101.32
now 1.17
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blake Treinen
4023.60
now 18
16
Ryan Thompson
4023.60
now 12
12
Winshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.0002.80
now 1
01
Ryan Thompson
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Blake Treinen
.0003.40
now 1
02
Ryan Thompson
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlake Treinen — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Thompson — hold.conf 0.50
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