MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Bryce Elder
Bryce Elder
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Ranger Suarez
Ranger Suarez
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ranger Suarez.

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

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

Ranger Suarez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryce Elder wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryce Elder
92.5
Ranger Suarez
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
10.2%
Ranger Suarez
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
19.7%
Ranger Suarez
25.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
27.9%
Ranger Suarez
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
40.5%
Ranger Suarez
33.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
6.1%
Ranger Suarez
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryce Elder
.306
Ranger Suarez
.293
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
Bryce Elder
24.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.50
3.90
Ranger Suarez
24.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.56
WHIPlower is better
Bryce Elder
11.37
now 1.08
1.29
Ranger Suarez
11.37
now 1.16
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryce Elder
4071.40
now 61
35
Ranger Suarez
4071.40
now 57
36
Winshigher is better
Bryce Elder
.0005.20
now 4
13
Ranger Suarez
.0005.20
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyBryce Elder — hold.conf 0.60
BuyRanger Suarez — buy.conf 0.76
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