MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Cole Wilcox
SEA · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Wilcox.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts. Sam Hentges’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Cole Wilcox wins 1 categories (K); Sam Hentges wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Wilcox
96.5
Sam Hentges
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Wilcox
14.4%
Sam Hentges
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Wilcox
21.4%
Sam Hentges
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Wilcox
32.9%
Sam Hentges
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Wilcox
46.3%
Sam Hentges
30.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Wilcox
12.2%
Sam Hentges
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Wilcox
.408
Sam Hentges
.339
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 Wilcox
27.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
Sam Hentges
27.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cole Wilcox
.9002.55
now 2.18
1.24
Sam Hentges
.9002.55
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Wilcox
4038.40
now 15
30
Sam Hentges
4038.40
now 9
29
Winshigher is better
Cole Wilcox
.000.480
now 0
00
Sam Hentges
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Wilcox — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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