MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Chris Murphy
CWS · P
Change to
Ryan Walker
SF · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Walker.

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

Ryan Walker 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
96.0
Ryan Walker
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
16.3%
Ryan Walker
6.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
22.0%
Ryan Walker
16.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
28.1%
Ryan Walker
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
37.7%
Ryan Walker
33.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
7.5%
Ryan Walker
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Murphy
.281
Ryan Walker
.314
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
Ryan Walker
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.46
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chris Murphy
.9002.55
now 2.32
1.24
Ryan Walker
.9002.55
now 1.89
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Murphy
4039.60
now 6
18
Ryan Walker
4039.60
now 14
30
Winshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0005.60
now 1
24
Ryan Walker
.0005.60
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0008
now 1
15
Ryan Walker
.0008
now 3
36
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Murphy — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowRyan Walker — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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