MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Craig Kimbrel
Craig Kimbrel
TB · P
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Portrait of Hoby Milner
Hoby Milner
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Craig Kimbrel.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Hoby Milner’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Craig Kimbrel wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Hoby Milner wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Craig Kimbrel
93.7
Hoby Milner
87.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Craig Kimbrel
12.4%
Hoby Milner
7.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Craig Kimbrel
22.7%
Hoby Milner
12.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Craig Kimbrel
28.1%
Hoby Milner
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Craig Kimbrel
34.9%
Hoby Milner
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Craig Kimbrel
3.5%
Hoby Milner
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Craig Kimbrel
.309
Hoby Milner
.351
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
Craig Kimbrel
26.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
Hoby Milner
26.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Craig Kimbrel
.9001.60
now 1.44
1.24
Hoby Milner
.9001.60
now 1.03
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Craig Kimbrel
4031.60
now 17
26
Hoby Milner
4031.60
now 12
13
Winshigher is better
Craig Kimbrel
.0001.48
now 0
00
Hoby Milner
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Craig Kimbrel
.0002.40
now 0
0
Hoby Milner
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCraig Kimbrel — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighHoby Milner — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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