MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Bradgley Rodriguez
Bradgley Rodriguez
SD · P
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Portrait of Caleb Thielbar
Caleb Thielbar
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Caleb Thielbar.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Caleb Thielbar wins 3 categories (WHIP, W, SV); Bradgley Rodriguez wins 2 (K, ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
98.2
Caleb Thielbar
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
15.0%
Caleb Thielbar
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
25.5%
Caleb Thielbar
30.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
33.5%
Caleb Thielbar
38.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
31.6%
Caleb Thielbar
41.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
2.9%
Caleb Thielbar
14.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.237
Caleb Thielbar
.321
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
Bradgley Rodriguez
24.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.63
2.31
Caleb Thielbar
24.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.9301.46
now 1.05
1.25
Caleb Thielbar
.9301.46
now 1.34
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
4031.60
now 26
15
Caleb Thielbar
4031.60
now 15
14
Winshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.0004.20
now 0
00
Caleb Thielbar
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.0005.60
now 0
0
Caleb Thielbar
.0005.60
now 2
14
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBradgley Rodriguez — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighCaleb Thielbar — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.70
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