MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Clay Holmes
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Ranger Suarez
Ranger Suarez
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ranger Suarez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Clay Holmes’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Ranger Suarez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Clay Holmes wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Clay Holmes
94.6
Ranger Suarez
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Clay Holmes
10.4%
Ranger Suarez
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Clay Holmes
20.9%
Ranger Suarez
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Clay Holmes
32.9%
Ranger Suarez
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Clay Holmes
44.0%
Ranger Suarez
33.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Clay Holmes
5.3%
Ranger Suarez
4.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Clay Holmes
.306
Ranger Suarez
.286
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
Clay Holmes
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.39
3.90
Ranger Suarez
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.38
WHIPlower is better
Clay Holmes
1.011.42
now 1.10
1.33
Ranger Suarez
1.011.42
now 1.16
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Clay Holmes
4065
now 45
37
Ranger Suarez
4065
now 57
38
Winshigher is better
Clay Holmes
.0005.20
now 4
24
Ranger Suarez
.0005.20
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighClay Holmes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyRanger Suarez — buy.conf 0.82
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