MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Blas Castaño
Blas Castaño
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Garrett Cleavinger
Garrett Cleavinger
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 00, 4 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Blas Castaño wins 0 (none); Garrett Cleavinger wins 0 (none); 4 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blas Castaño
94.6
Garrett Cleavinger
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
8.9%
Garrett Cleavinger
13.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
19.4%
Garrett Cleavinger
29.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
29.1%
Garrett Cleavinger
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
47.1%
Garrett Cleavinger
40.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
8.6%
Garrett Cleavinger
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blas Castaño
.361
Garrett Cleavinger
.317
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Blas Castaño
3.155.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.70
Garrett Cleavinger
3.155.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Blas Castaño
1.151.55
now 1.45
1.24
Garrett Cleavinger
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blas Castaño
4022.60
now 10
6
Garrett Cleavinger
4022.60
now 17
6
Winshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.0001.48
now 0
00
Garrett Cleavinger
.0001.48
now 1
01

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlas Castaño — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowGarrett Cleavinger — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.77
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