MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
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Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
KC · 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); Nick Mears wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chad Patrick
95.1
Nick Mears
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
12.9%
Nick Mears
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
20.6%
Nick Mears
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
31.4%
Nick Mears
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
38.3%
Nick Mears
50.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
7.0%
Nick Mears
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.313
Nick Mears
.382
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
26.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
3.95
Nick Mears
26.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
1.081.62
now 1.20
1.34
Nick Mears
1.081.62
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4043
now 34
35
Nick Mears
4043
now 15
22
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.20
now 3
24
Nick Mears
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.60
now 2
14
Nick Mears
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighChad Patrick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
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