MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Kilian
Caleb Kilian
PHI · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Caleb Kilian.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Caleb Kilian wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Trent Thornton wins 2 (WHIP, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
96.8
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
13.8%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
27.7%
Trent Thornton
11.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
31.8%
Trent Thornton
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
36.1%
Trent Thornton
46.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
8.2%
Trent Thornton
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
.289
Trent Thornton
.341
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
Caleb Kilian
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.81
3.45
Trent Thornton
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Kilian
.9001.51
now 1.15
1.33
Trent Thornton
.9001.51
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
4038.20
now 29
15
Trent Thornton
4038.20
now 6
10
Winshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
.2003.80
now 2
12
Trent Thornton
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
.0004.40
now 3
12
Trent Thornton
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowCaleb Kilian — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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