MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Connelly Early
Connelly Early
BOS · P
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Portrait of José Soriano
José Soriano
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Connelly Early wins 1 (WHIP); José Soriano wins 1 (K); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Connelly Early
94.0
José Soriano
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Connelly Early
11.1%
José Soriano
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Connelly Early
23.8%
José Soriano
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Connelly Early
31.4%
José Soriano
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Connelly Early
40.9%
José Soriano
36.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Connelly Early
10.6%
José Soriano
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Connelly Early
.321
José Soriano
.322
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
Connelly Early
2.104.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.95
4.25
José Soriano
2.104.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.72
4.27
WHIPlower is better
Connelly Early
1.081.45
now 1.16
1.31
José Soriano
1.081.45
now 1.21
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Connelly Early
40.2097.80
now 57
53
José Soriano
40.2097.80
now 85
64
Winshigher is better
Connelly Early
1.807.20
now 5
36
José Soriano
1.807.20
now 6
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellConnelly Early — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellJosé Soriano — hold.conf 0.60
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