MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Brooks Raley
Brooks Raley
NYM · P
Change to
Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · 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

Brooks Raley wins 1 (K); George Soriano wins 1 (SV); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brooks Raley
90.1
George Soriano
96.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
10.8%
George Soriano
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
24.1%
George Soriano
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
30.6%
George Soriano
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
30.5%
George Soriano
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
4.8%
George Soriano
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brooks Raley
.290
George Soriano
.306
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
Brooks Raley
24.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.61
3.70
George Soriano
24.55
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Brooks Raley
1.071.32
now 1.25
1.24
George Soriano
1.071.32
now 1.14
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brooks Raley
4031.60
now 26
21
George Soriano
4031.60
now 20
15
Winshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0002.80
now 1
01
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0004.40
now 0
0
George Soriano
.0004.40
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrooks Raley — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighGeorge Soriano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
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