MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 13, 2026
Portrait of Chris Martin
Chris Martin
TEX · P
Change to
Mike Paredes
MIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Chris Martin wins 1 (W); Mike Paredes wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Martin
94.5
Mike Paredes
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
8.5%
Mike Paredes
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Martin
13.6%
Mike Paredes
11.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Martin
32.2%
Mike Paredes
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
44.4%
Mike Paredes
50.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Martin
11.1%
Mike Paredes
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Martin
.407
Mike Paredes
.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
Chris Martin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.84
3.70
Mike Paredes
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chris Martin
.9602.22
now 1.94
1.24
Mike Paredes
.9602.22
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Martin
4053.40
now 7
21
Mike Paredes
4053.40
now 3
39
Winshigher is better
Chris Martin
.0004.20
now 1
13
Mike Paredes
.0004.20
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Martin — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighMike Paredes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.77
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