MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Casey Legumina
Casey Legumina
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson
AZ · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Thompson.

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

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

Ryan Thompson wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Casey Legumina wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Casey Legumina
93.4
Ryan Thompson
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
10.8%
Ryan Thompson
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
16.5%
Ryan Thompson
16.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
32.6%
Ryan Thompson
35.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Casey Legumina
38.1%
Ryan Thompson
32.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Casey Legumina
8.4%
Ryan Thompson
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Casey Legumina
.334
Ryan Thompson
.308
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Casey Legumina
2.354.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.70
3.74
Ryan Thompson
2.354.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Casey Legumina
1.061.55
now 1.44
1.25
Ryan Thompson
1.061.55
now 1.17
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Casey Legumina
4021.60
now 16
13
Ryan Thompson
4021.60
now 12
10
Winshigher is better
Casey Legumina
.0002.80
now 1
01
Ryan Thompson
.0002.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCasey Legumina — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Thompson — hold.conf 0.50
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