MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Brandon Williamson
CIN · P
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Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Tarik Skubal wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Brandon Williamson wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
92.5
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
10.4%
Tarik Skubal
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
14.8%
Tarik Skubal
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
24.6%
Tarik Skubal
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
41.9%
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
10.5%
Tarik Skubal
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
.389
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
Brandon Williamson
27.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.11
4.29
Tarik Skubal
27.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Williamson
.9001.92
now 1.64
1.34
Tarik Skubal
.9001.92
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
4055.40
now 19
29
Tarik Skubal
4055.40
now 45
42
Winshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
1.204.80
now 2
24
Tarik Skubal
1.204.80
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrandon Williamson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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