MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
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Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · P
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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); Shawn Armstrong wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chad Patrick
95.3
Shawn Armstrong
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
13.1%
Shawn Armstrong
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
21.0%
Shawn Armstrong
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
31.9%
Shawn Armstrong
24.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
37.5%
Shawn Armstrong
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
6.7%
Shawn Armstrong
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.310
Shawn Armstrong
.309
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
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
3.92
Shawn Armstrong
24.47
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
1.131.40
now 1.20
1.32
Shawn Armstrong
1.131.40
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4040
now 34
25
Shawn Armstrong
4040
now 19
21
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.2003.80
now 3
13
Shawn Armstrong
.2003.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0004.40
now 2
13
Shawn Armstrong
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyChad Patrick — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
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