MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Slade Cecconi
Slade Cecconi
CLE · 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); Slade Cecconi 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
Slade Cecconi
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Slade Cecconi
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Slade Cecconi
18.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Slade Cecconi
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Slade Cecconi
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Slade Cecconi
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Slade Cecconi
.337
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
3.845.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
Slade Cecconi
3.845.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.25
4.59
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.261.56
now 1.42
1.33
Slade Cecconi
1.261.56
now 1.49
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4066
now 45
13
Slade Cecconi
4066
now 50
10
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0004.20
now 1
00
Slade Cecconi
.0004.20
now 3
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
SellSlade Cecconi — sell.conf 0.78
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