MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Justin Slaten
Justin Slaten
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chad Patrick.

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

Chad Patrick wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Justin Slaten wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chad Patrick
95.0
Justin Slaten
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
12.9%
Justin Slaten
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
20.4%
Justin Slaten
28.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
31.6%
Justin Slaten
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
38.8%
Justin Slaten
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
7.4%
Justin Slaten
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.326
Justin Slaten
.292
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
Chad Patrick
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
4.17
Justin Slaten
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
1.131.44
now 1.20
1.37
Justin Slaten
1.131.44
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4047.60
now 34
38
Justin Slaten
4047.60
now 14
27
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0007
now 3
25
Justin Slaten
.0007
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.60
now 2
14
Justin Slaten
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
SellChad Patrick — sell.conf 0.65
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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