MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Cade Povich
BAL · P
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Portrait of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Povich.

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

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

Cade Povich wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Roki Sasaki wins 1 (K); 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
Roki Sasaki
97.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
12.2%
Roki Sasaki
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Povich
14.6%
Roki Sasaki
23.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Povich
31.0%
Roki Sasaki
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
45.2%
Roki Sasaki
43.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Povich
9.7%
Roki Sasaki
10.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Povich
.352
Roki Sasaki
.317
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
Cade Povich
3.695.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
4.10
Roki Sasaki
3.695.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Cade Povich
1.231.42
now 1.34
1.30
Roki Sasaki
1.231.42
now 1.35
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Povich
4065.20
now 12
28
Roki Sasaki
4065.20
now 50
36
Winshigher is better
Cade Povich
.2003.80
now 1
12
Roki Sasaki
.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
Hold · steadyRoki Sasaki — hold.conf 0.60
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