MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Casey Legumina
Casey Legumina
TB · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Hentges.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Casey Legumina’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Sam Hentges wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Casey Legumina wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Casey Legumina
93.4
Sam Hentges
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
10.2%
Sam Hentges
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
16.7%
Sam Hentges
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Casey Legumina
30.1%
Sam Hentges
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Casey Legumina
37.1%
Sam Hentges
30.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Casey Legumina
7.3%
Sam Hentges
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Casey Legumina
.326
Sam Hentges
.339
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
Casey Legumina
24.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.70
3.73
Sam Hentges
24.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Casey Legumina
1.111.70
now 1.44
1.24
Sam Hentges
1.111.70
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Casey Legumina
4037
now 16
22
Sam Hentges
4037
now 9
29
Winshigher is better
Casey Legumina
.0002.80
now 1
12
Sam Hentges
.0002.80
now 0
00

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 & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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