MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
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Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

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

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Tarik Skubal
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Tarik Skubal
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Tarik Skubal
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Tarik Skubal
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
25.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
Tarik Skubal
25.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
.9001.61
now 1.42
1.33
Tarik Skubal
.9001.61
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4051.60
now 45
46
Tarik Skubal
4051.60
now 45
42
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0005.20
now 1
11
Tarik Skubal
.0005.20
now 3
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
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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