MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Burch Smith
DET · P
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Portrait of Calvin Faucher
Calvin Faucher
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Calvin Faucher.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Calvin Faucher wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Burch Smith wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Burch Smith
93.8
Calvin Faucher
96.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Burch Smith
10.4%
Calvin Faucher
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Burch Smith
27.4%
Calvin Faucher
25.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Burch Smith
26.2%
Calvin Faucher
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Burch Smith
47.8%
Calvin Faucher
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Burch Smith
4.3%
Calvin Faucher
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Burch Smith
.287
Calvin Faucher
.319
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
Burch Smith
2.655.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
3.70
Calvin Faucher
2.655.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
4.07
WHIPlower is better
Burch Smith
1.041.93
now 1.47
1.24
Calvin Faucher
1.041.93
now 1.73
1.45

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Burch Smith
4029.60
now 20
14
Calvin Faucher
4029.60
now 24
15
Winshigher is better
Burch Smith
.0005.60
now 0
00
Calvin Faucher
.0005.60
now 4
14
Saveshigher is better
Burch Smith
.0002.40
now 0
0
Calvin Faucher
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBurch Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · leans sellCalvin Faucher — hold.conf 0.60
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