MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Chris Murphy
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Wilber Dotel
Wilber Dotel
PIT · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chris Murphy wins 1 (SV); Wilber Dotel wins 1 (K); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Murphy
96.3
Wilber Dotel
98.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
16.3%
Wilber Dotel
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
21.4%
Wilber Dotel
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
29.2%
Wilber Dotel
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
34.9%
Wilber Dotel
52.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
7.9%
Wilber Dotel
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Murphy
.304
Wilber Dotel
.322
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
Wilber Dotel
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Chris Murphy
.9002.55
now 2.32
1.24
Wilber Dotel
.9002.55
now 0.73
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Murphy
4036.80
now 6
15
Wilber Dotel
4036.80
now 14
28
Winshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0005.20
now 1
14
Wilber Dotel
.0005.20
now 1
13
Saveshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0005.60
now 1
14
Wilber Dotel
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Murphy — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWilber Dotel — hold.conf 0.50
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