MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
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Portrait of Connor Prielipp
Connor Prielipp
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Connor Prielipp.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Cole Ragans’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Connor Prielipp wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Cole Ragans wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Connor Prielipp
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Connor Prielipp
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Connor Prielipp
24.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Connor Prielipp
30.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Connor Prielipp
40.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Connor Prielipp
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Connor Prielipp
.310
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Cole Ragans
3.565.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.23
Connor Prielipp
3.565.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.13
4.01
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.251.49
now 1.42
1.33
Connor Prielipp
1.251.49
now 1.35
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4057.40
now 45
51
Connor Prielipp
4057.40
now 35
43
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.5202.48
now 1
12
Connor Prielipp
.5202.48
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · steadyConnor Prielipp — hold.conf 0.60
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