MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
Change to
PJ Poulin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

PJ Poulin.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

PJ Poulin wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Chad Patrick wins 1 (K); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chad Patrick
95.3
PJ Poulin
90.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
13.2%
PJ Poulin
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
22.1%
PJ Poulin
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
32.2%
PJ Poulin
23.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
37.2%
PJ Poulin
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
6.4%
PJ Poulin
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.306
PJ Poulin
.353
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
Chad Patrick
2.024.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
3.84
PJ Poulin
2.024.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
1.101.56
now 1.20
1.31
PJ Poulin
1.101.56
now 1.46
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4042.40
now 34
21
PJ Poulin
4042.40
now 18
13
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.2003.80
now 3
13
PJ Poulin
.2003.80
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0003.40
now 2
02
PJ Poulin
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyChad Patrick — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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