MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Connor Prielipp
Connor Prielipp
MIN · P
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Portrait of Merrill Kelly
Merrill Kelly
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Connor Prielipp.

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

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

Connor Prielipp wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Merrill Kelly wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Connor Prielipp
95.3
Merrill Kelly
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Connor Prielipp
10.8%
Merrill Kelly
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Connor Prielipp
23.8%
Merrill Kelly
13.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Connor Prielipp
32.0%
Merrill Kelly
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Connor Prielipp
39.1%
Merrill Kelly
42.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Connor Prielipp
8.9%
Merrill Kelly
14.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Connor Prielipp
.313
Merrill Kelly
.408
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
Connor Prielipp
3.117.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.13
4.03
Merrill Kelly
3.117.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
6.32
WHIPlower is better
Connor Prielipp
1.271.53
now 1.35
1.34
Merrill Kelly
1.271.53
now 1.46
1.46

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Connor Prielipp
4080.60
now 35
67
Merrill Kelly
4080.60
now 33
56
Winshigher is better
Connor Prielipp
.00013.60
now 1
13
Merrill Kelly
.00013.60
now 5
410

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowConnor Prielipp — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.88
SellMerrill Kelly — sell.conf 0.90
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