MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Thielbar
Caleb Thielbar
CHC · 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 and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Garrett Whitlock wins 2 categories (K, W); Caleb Thielbar wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
93.2
Garrett Whitlock
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
15.2%
Garrett Whitlock
16.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
29.1%
Garrett Whitlock
28.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
37.9%
Garrett Whitlock
40.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
32.8%
Garrett Whitlock
30.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
11.5%
Garrett Whitlock
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
.299
Garrett Whitlock
.289
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 Thielbar
2.504.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.70
Garrett Whitlock
2.504.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Thielbar
1.021.43
now 1.34
1.24
Garrett Whitlock
1.021.43
now 1.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
4036
now 15
24
Garrett Whitlock
4036
now 26
30
Winshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.8006.20
now 2
25
Garrett Whitlock
.8006.20
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.0008.40
now 2
16
Garrett Whitlock
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Thielbar — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeGarrett Whitlock — hold.conf 0.50
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