MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Bubba Chandler
Bubba Chandler
PIT · P
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Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bubba Chandler.

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

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

Bubba Chandler wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Kumar Rocker wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
98.5
Kumar Rocker
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
11.2%
Kumar Rocker
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
20.1%
Kumar Rocker
21.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
29.1%
Kumar Rocker
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
37.3%
Kumar Rocker
40.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
5.9%
Kumar Rocker
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
.313
Kumar Rocker
.325
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
Bubba Chandler
3.025.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.85
4.11
Kumar Rocker
3.025.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.33
WHIPlower is better
Bubba Chandler
1.241.60
now 1.52
1.46
Kumar Rocker
1.241.60
now 1.32
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bubba Chandler
4060.80
now 52
40
Kumar Rocker
4060.80
now 44
30
Winshigher is better
Bubba Chandler
.0002.80
now 1
01
Kumar Rocker
.0002.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBubba Chandler — hold.conf 0.60
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.66
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