MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Connelly Early
Connelly Early
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of MacKenzie Gore
MacKenzie Gore
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Connelly Early wins 1 (WHIP); MacKenzie Gore wins 1 (ERA); 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
MacKenzie Gore
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Connelly Early
11.1%
MacKenzie Gore
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Connelly Early
23.8%
MacKenzie Gore
23.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Connelly Early
31.4%
MacKenzie Gore
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Connelly Early
40.9%
MacKenzie Gore
41.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Connelly Early
10.6%
MacKenzie Gore
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Connelly Early
.320
MacKenzie Gore
.311
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
Connelly Early
2.434.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.95
4.26
MacKenzie Gore
2.434.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.96
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Connelly Early
1.081.43
now 1.16
1.31
MacKenzie Gore
1.081.43
now 1.19
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Connelly Early
4091
now 57
0
MacKenzie Gore
4091
now 65
0
Winshigher is better
Connelly Early
.0007
now 5
0–0
MacKenzie Gore
.0007
now 4
0–0

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 · steadyMacKenzie Gore — hold.conf 0.60
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