MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Blas Castaño
Blas Castaño
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Finnegan
Kyle Finnegan
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Blas Castaño.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Blas Castaño wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kyle Finnegan wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blas Castaño
94.5
Kyle Finnegan
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
9.0%
Kyle Finnegan
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
20.0%
Kyle Finnegan
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
28.1%
Kyle Finnegan
27.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
50.0%
Kyle Finnegan
43.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
10.0%
Kyle Finnegan
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blas Castaño
.367
Kyle Finnegan
.319
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
26.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.70
Kyle Finnegan
26.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Blas Castaño
1.121.66
now 1.45
1.24
Kyle Finnegan
1.121.66
now 1.54
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blas Castaño
4029.60
now 10
24
Kyle Finnegan
4029.60
now 16
14
Winshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.0001.48
now 0
00
Kyle Finnegan
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.0002.40
now 0
0
Kyle Finnegan
.0002.40
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlas Castaño — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKyle Finnegan — hold.conf 0.50
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