MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
Change to
Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · 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, SV); Trent Thornton 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
95.2
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
12.9%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
20.8%
Trent Thornton
12.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
31.1%
Trent Thornton
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
38.0%
Trent Thornton
48.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
7.3%
Trent Thornton
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.315
Trent Thornton
.348
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
24.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
3.99
Trent Thornton
24.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
.9001.51
now 1.20
1.33
Trent Thornton
.9001.51
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4045.20
now 34
33
Trent Thornton
4045.20
now 6
16
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.8006.20
now 3
24
Trent Thornton
.8006.20
now 2
25
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0004.40
now 2
13
Trent Thornton
.0004.40
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
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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