MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Thielbar
Caleb Thielbar
CHC · P
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Portrait of Shane Drohan
Shane Drohan
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Caleb Thielbar wins 2 (W, SV); Shane Drohan wins 2 (K, ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
93.3
Shane Drohan
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
14.7%
Shane Drohan
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
28.9%
Shane Drohan
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
38.0%
Shane Drohan
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
41.5%
Shane Drohan
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
12.8%
Shane Drohan
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
.332
Shane Drohan
.283
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
2.504.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.70
Shane Drohan
2.504.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
3.31
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Thielbar
1.071.42
now 1.34
1.24
Shane Drohan
1.071.42
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
4040.60
now 15
14
Shane Drohan
4040.60
now 33
24
Winshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.2003.80
now 2
13
Shane Drohan
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.0005.60
now 2
14
Shane Drohan
.0005.60
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Thielbar — hold.conf 0.50
BuyShane Drohan — buy.conf 0.84
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