MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo
SEA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Ragans.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Cole Ragans wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Luis Castillo wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Luis Castillo
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Luis Castillo
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Luis Castillo
21.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Luis Castillo
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Luis Castillo
43.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Luis Castillo
9.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Luis Castillo
.331
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
Cole Ragans
3.706.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.22
Luis Castillo
3.706.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.53
4.39
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.261.52
now 1.42
1.33
Luis Castillo
1.261.52
now 1.45
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4095.40
now 45
81
Luis Castillo
4095.40
now 56
78
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0005.20
now 1
13
Luis Castillo
.0005.20
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
SellLuis Castillo — sell.conf 0.69
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