MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Hentges.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Bryan King’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sam Hentges wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryan King wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Sam Hentges
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
8.8%
Sam Hentges
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.7%
Sam Hentges
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
30.9%
Sam Hentges
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.3%
Sam Hentges
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.5%
Sam Hentges
3.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.314
Sam Hentges
.319
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
25.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.98
Sam Hentges
25.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.111.70
now 1.30
1.35
Sam Hentges
1.111.70
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4024.60
now 19
15
Sam Hentges
4024.60
now 9
17
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
00
Sam Hentges
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Sam Hentges
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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