MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Chase Shugart
Chase Shugart
PHI · P
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Portrait of Gabe Speier
Gabe Speier
SEA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gabe Speier.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Chase Shugart’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Gabe Speier wins 2 categories (K, SV); Chase Shugart wins 1 (W); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chase Shugart
96.1
Gabe Speier
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
10.6%
Gabe Speier
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
29.3%
Gabe Speier
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chase Shugart
26.4%
Gabe Speier
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
35.6%
Gabe Speier
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chase Shugart
11.5%
Gabe Speier
11.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chase Shugart
.322
Gabe Speier
.302
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
24.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.33
3.70
Gabe Speier
24.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chase Shugart
.9001.45
now 0.93
1.24
Gabe Speier
.9001.45
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chase Shugart
4025.60
now 20
13
Gabe Speier
4025.60
now 16
17
Winshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.0002.80
now 2
12
Gabe Speier
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Chase Shugart
.0003.40
now 0
0
Gabe Speier
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChase Shugart — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighGabe Speier — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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