MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Chris Murphy
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daniel Palencia.

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 Palencia wins 2 categories (K, SV); Chris Murphy wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Murphy
96.3
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
15.8%
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
21.8%
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
30.2%
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
36.7%
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
7.6%
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Murphy
.299
Daniel Palencia
.300
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 Murphy
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.59
3.70
Daniel Palencia
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chris Murphy
.9002.55
now 2.32
1.24
Daniel Palencia
.9002.55
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Murphy
4019.60
now 6
11
Daniel Palencia
4019.60
now 12
14
Winshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.2003.80
now 1
13
Daniel Palencia
.2003.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0005.40
now 1
13
Daniel Palencia
.0005.40
now 3
24
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Murphy — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
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