MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · P
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Portrait of Will Vest
Will Vest
DET · 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); Will Vest 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
Will Vest
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
12.9%
Will Vest
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
20.6%
Will Vest
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chad Patrick
31.4%
Will Vest
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
38.3%
Will Vest
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chad Patrick
7.0%
Will Vest
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chad Patrick
.313
Will Vest
.307
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
3.95
Will Vest
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chad Patrick
1.101.55
now 1.20
1.34
Will Vest
1.101.55
now 1.45
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chad Patrick
4041
now 34
35
Will Vest
4041
now 20
25
Winshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.20
now 3
24
Will Vest
.0005.20
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Chad Patrick
.0005.40
now 2
14
Will Vest
.0005.40
now 1
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighChad Patrick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
Buy LowWill Vest — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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