MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Blas Castaño
Blas Castaño
COL · P
Change to
Jordan Hicks
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Blas Castaño wins 1 (K); Jordan Hicks wins 1 (SV); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blas Castaño
94.5
Jordan Hicks
98.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
9.0%
Jordan Hicks
7.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
20.0%
Jordan Hicks
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
28.1%
Jordan Hicks
21.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
50.0%
Jordan Hicks
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
10.0%
Jordan Hicks
1.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blas Castaño
.368
Jordan Hicks
.320
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
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.70
Jordan Hicks
2.946.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Blas Castaño
.9002.43
now 1.45
1.24
Jordan Hicks
.9002.43
now 2.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blas Castaño
4042.20
now 10
33
Jordan Hicks
4042.20
now 15
26
Winshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.000.480
now 0
00
Jordan Hicks
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.0004.40
now 0
0
Jordan Hicks
.0004.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlas Castaño — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJordan Hicks — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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