MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Carmen Mlodzinski
Carmen Mlodzinski
PIT · P
Change to
Portrait of Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Carmen Mlodzinski wins 1 (ERA); Luis Castillo wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
95.0
Luis Castillo
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
9.4%
Luis Castillo
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
17.5%
Luis Castillo
18.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
29.1%
Luis Castillo
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
46.3%
Luis Castillo
41.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
7.0%
Luis Castillo
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.339
Luis Castillo
.341
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
Carmen Mlodzinski
3.056.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.76
4.65
Luis Castillo
3.056.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.53
4.70
WHIPlower is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
1.311.52
now 1.42
1.39
Luis Castillo
1.311.52
now 1.45
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
4078.40
now 46
0
Luis Castillo
4078.40
now 56
0
Winshigher is better
Carmen Mlodzinski
.0005.60
now 4
0–0
Luis Castillo
.0005.60
now 2
0–0

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellCarmen Mlodzinski — sell.conf 0.81
Hold · leans sellLuis Castillo — hold.conf 0.60
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