MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Carson Palmquist
WSH · P
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Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Tarik Skubal wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Carson Palmquist wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
91.2
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
11.4%
Tarik Skubal
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
20.3%
Tarik Skubal
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Carson Palmquist
35.4%
Tarik Skubal
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Carson Palmquist
24.5%
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Carson Palmquist
4.1%
Tarik Skubal
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Carson Palmquist
.320
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
Carson Palmquist
2.144.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
4.10
Tarik Skubal
2.144.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Carson Palmquist
.9001.46
now 0.90
1.30
Tarik Skubal
.9001.46
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Carson Palmquist
4061.80
now 3
22
Tarik Skubal
4061.80
now 45
42
Winshigher is better
Carson Palmquist
.0005.60
now 0
00
Tarik Skubal
.0005.60
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCarson Palmquist — hold.conf 0.55
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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