MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Cade Cavalli
Cade Cavalli
WSH · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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 n/a

Troy Melton wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Cade Cavalli wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
96.7
Troy Melton
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
12.0%
Troy Melton
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
26.6%
Troy Melton
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
30.6%
Troy Melton
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
40.7%
Troy Melton
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
6.6%
Troy Melton
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
.307
Troy Melton
.278
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
Cade Cavalli
24.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
3.95
Troy Melton
24.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.20
WHIPlower is better
Cade Cavalli
.9001.61
now 1.42
1.29
Troy Melton
.9001.61
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Cavalli
40102
now 74
53
Troy Melton
40102
now 4
12
Winshigher is better
Cade Cavalli
.0006.60
now 3
13
Troy Melton
.0006.60
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyCade Cavalli — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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