MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Thielbar
Caleb Thielbar
CHC · P
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Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Caleb Thielbar.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Caleb Thielbar wins 2 categories (K, W); Daniel Palencia wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
93.3
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
15.5%
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
28.0%
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
37.6%
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
36.0%
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
14.0%
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
.318
Daniel Palencia
.300
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 Thielbar
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.70
Daniel Palencia
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Thielbar
1.151.55
now 1.34
1.24
Daniel Palencia
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
4038.60
now 15
31
Daniel Palencia
4038.60
now 12
28
Winshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.0008
now 2
26
Daniel Palencia
.0008
now 1
23
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.00011.80
now 2
28
Daniel Palencia
.00011.80
now 3
59
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Thielbar — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
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