MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Thielbar
Caleb Thielbar
CHC · P
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Portrait of Steven Okert
Steven Okert
HOU · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
93.3
Steven Okert
91.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
14.7%
Steven Okert
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
28.8%
Steven Okert
26.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Thielbar
38.0%
Steven Okert
28.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
40.2%
Steven Okert
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
12.4%
Steven Okert
4.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Thielbar
.335
Steven Okert
.264
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
Steven Okert
2.504.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.46
2.86
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Thielbar
.9001.49
now 1.34
1.24
Steven Okert
.9001.49
now 0.96
1.11

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
4027.60
now 15
14
Steven Okert
4027.60
now 22
12
Winshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.0004.20
now 2
13
Steven Okert
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Thielbar
.0004.40
now 2
13
Steven Okert
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Thielbar — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighSteven Okert — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
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