MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Thielbar
Caleb Thielbar
CHC · P
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Jesse Scholtens
TB · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and saves. Jesse Scholtens’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Caleb Thielbar wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Jesse Scholtens wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
93.2
Jesse Scholtens
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
15.1%
Jesse Scholtens
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
29.3%
Jesse Scholtens
18.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
37.6%
Jesse Scholtens
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
32.8%
Jesse Scholtens
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
12.1%
Jesse Scholtens
10.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
.306
Jesse Scholtens
.346
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
2.414.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.70
Jesse Scholtens
2.414.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.82
3.92
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Thielbar
1.171.41
now 1.34
1.24
Jesse Scholtens
1.171.41
now 1.27
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
4052.80
now 15
25
Jesse Scholtens
4052.80
now 30
42
Winshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.00014.60
now 2
25
Jesse Scholtens
.00014.60
now 5
411
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.0008.40
now 2
16
Jesse Scholtens
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Thielbar — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJesse Scholtens — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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