MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Brendon Little
TOR · P
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Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Brendon Little.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. George Soriano’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Brendon Little wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); George Soriano wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brendon Little
96.4
George Soriano
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brendon Little
15.4%
George Soriano
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brendon Little
25.7%
George Soriano
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brendon Little
32.1%
George Soriano
33.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brendon Little
43.6%
George Soriano
42.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brendon Little
10.3%
George Soriano
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brendon Little
.338
George Soriano
.312
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
Brendon Little
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 27.00
3.70
George Soriano
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.94
WHIPlower is better
Brendon Little
.9002.55
now 3.86
1.24
George Soriano
.9002.55
now 1.14
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brendon Little
4025.60
now 7
16
George Soriano
4025.60
now 20
11
Winshigher is better
Brendon Little
.0002.80
now 0
00
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brendon Little
.0003.40
now 0
0
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrendon Little — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighGeorge Soriano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.86
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