MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Connelly Early
Connelly Early
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Michael King
Michael King
SD · P
Change to
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); Michael King 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
Michael King
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Connelly Early
11.1%
Michael King
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Connelly Early
23.8%
Michael King
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Connelly Early
31.4%
Michael King
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Connelly Early
40.9%
Michael King
33.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Connelly Early
10.6%
Michael King
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Connelly Early
.320
Michael King
.321
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
4.24
Michael King
2.434.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
4.26
WHIPlower is better
Connelly Early
1.051.40
now 1.16
1.31
Michael King
1.051.40
now 1.13
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Connelly Early
4086.20
now 57
12
Michael King
4086.20
now 65
13
Winshigher is better
Connelly Early
.0006.60
now 5
11
Michael King
.0006.60
now 4
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellConnelly Early — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighMichael King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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