MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Chris Martin
Chris Martin
TEX · P
Change to
Cole Sulser
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Martin.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chris Martin wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Cole Sulser wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Martin
94.5
Cole Sulser
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
9.4%
Cole Sulser
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
13.1%
Cole Sulser
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Martin
31.3%
Cole Sulser
35.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
44.0%
Cole Sulser
41.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
10.0%
Cole Sulser
12.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Martin
.421
Cole Sulser
.338
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
Chris Martin
2.048.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.84
3.70
Cole Sulser
2.048.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Chris Martin
.9602.22
now 1.94
1.24
Cole Sulser
.9602.22
now 1.54
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Martin
4028
now 7
22
Cole Sulser
4028
now 18
19
Winshigher is better
Chris Martin
.2003.80
now 1
13
Cole Sulser
.2003.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Chris Martin
.0005.60
now 0
0
Cole Sulser
.0005.60
now 2
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Martin — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCole Sulser — hold.conf 0.55
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