MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Thompson.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryan Thompson wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Bryan King wins 2 (K, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Ryan Thompson
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
9.0%
Ryan Thompson
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Ryan Thompson
16.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.0%
Ryan Thompson
35.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.2%
Ryan Thompson
32.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.4%
Ryan Thompson
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.311
Ryan Thompson
.308
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
Bryan King
2.284.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.93
Ryan Thompson
2.284.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.101.42
now 1.30
1.35
Ryan Thompson
1.101.42
now 1.17
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4024.60
now 19
14
Ryan Thompson
4024.60
now 12
10
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.0002.80
now 0
00
Ryan Thompson
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Ryan Thompson
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeRyan Thompson — hold.conf 0.50
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