MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Cade Povich
BAL · P
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Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

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

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

Dustin May wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Cade Povich wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Povich
91.9
Dustin May
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
12.2%
Dustin May
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
14.6%
Dustin May
23.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Povich
31.0%
Dustin May
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
45.2%
Dustin May
46.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
9.7%
Dustin May
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Povich
.352
Dustin May
.306
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 Povich
3.435.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
4.10
Dustin May
3.435.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
WHIPlower is better
Cade Povich
1.231.41
now 1.34
1.30
Dustin May
1.231.41
now 1.30
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Povich
4066.60
now 12
28
Dustin May
4066.60
now 51
34
Winshigher is better
Cade Povich
.2003.80
now 1
12
Dustin May
.2003.80
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Povich — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
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