MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Kilian
Caleb Kilian
PHI · P
Change to
Garrett Whitlock
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Garrett Whitlock.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Garrett Whitlock wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Caleb Kilian wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
96.8
Garrett Whitlock
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
14.0%
Garrett Whitlock
16.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
27.5%
Garrett Whitlock
27.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
32.0%
Garrett Whitlock
41.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
35.6%
Garrett Whitlock
34.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
7.6%
Garrett Whitlock
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
.284
Garrett Whitlock
.260
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
Caleb Kilian
2.754.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.81
3.68
Garrett Whitlock
2.754.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Kilian
1.041.32
now 1.15
1.25
Garrett Whitlock
1.041.32
now 1.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
4034.60
now 29
15
Garrett Whitlock
4034.60
now 26
18
Winshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
.2003.80
now 2
12
Garrett Whitlock
.2003.80
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
.0004.40
now 3
12
Garrett Whitlock
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Kilian — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighGarrett Whitlock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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