MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Brooks Raley
Brooks Raley
PHI · P
Change to
Julian Garcia
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Brooks Raley wins 1 (W); Julian Garcia wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brooks Raley
90.1
Julian Garcia
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
10.6%
Julian Garcia
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
23.5%
Julian Garcia
22.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
30.9%
Julian Garcia
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
30.4%
Julian Garcia
26.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
4.5%
Julian Garcia
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brooks Raley
.286
Julian Garcia
.261
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
26.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.61
3.69
Julian Garcia
26.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brooks Raley
1.131.32
now 1.25
1.24
Julian Garcia
1.131.32
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brooks Raley
4039.40
now 26
19
Julian Garcia
4039.40
now 3
29
Winshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0001.48
now 1
01
Julian Garcia
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

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 HighJulian Garcia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
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