MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
Change to
Travis Adams
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chad Patrick wins 2 (K, W); Travis Adams wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chad Patrick
95.4
Travis Adams
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
13.1%
Travis Adams
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
22.4%
Travis Adams
25.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
32.1%
Travis Adams
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
37.1%
Travis Adams
29.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
6.3%
Travis Adams
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.308
Travis Adams
.316
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
3.87
Travis Adams
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.18
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
1.061.69
now 1.20
1.32
Travis Adams
1.061.69
now 1.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4042.40
now 34
20
Travis Adams
4042.40
now 13
15
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.2003.80
now 3
13
Travis Adams
.2003.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0003.40
now 2
02
Travis Adams
.0003.40
now 1
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyChad Patrick — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeTravis Adams — hold.conf 0.50
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