MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Chase Shugart
Chase Shugart
PHI · P
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Portrait of Daniel Lynch IV
Daniel Lynch IV
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daniel Lynch IV.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Daniel Lynch IV wins 2 categories (K, SV); Chase Shugart wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Shugart
96.1
Daniel Lynch IV
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
10.3%
Daniel Lynch IV
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
28.5%
Daniel Lynch IV
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
25.9%
Daniel Lynch IV
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
34.4%
Daniel Lynch IV
35.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
11.1%
Daniel Lynch IV
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Shugart
.320
Daniel Lynch IV
.287
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
Chase Shugart
24.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.33
3.70
Daniel Lynch IV
24.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Chase Shugart
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24
Daniel Lynch IV
.9001.36
now 0.99
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Shugart
4032.60
now 20
13
Daniel Lynch IV
4032.60
now 27
17
Winshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.0002.80
now 2
12
Daniel Lynch IV
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.0002.40
now 0
0
Daniel Lynch IV
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChase Shugart — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighDaniel Lynch IV — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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