MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Lynch IV
Daniel Lynch IV
KC · P
Change to
PJ Poulin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daniel Lynch IV.

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

Daniel Lynch IV wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); PJ Poulin wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
94.9
PJ Poulin
90.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
12.8%
PJ Poulin
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
19.0%
PJ Poulin
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Lynch IV
30.9%
PJ Poulin
23.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
36.6%
PJ Poulin
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
5.3%
PJ Poulin
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Lynch IV
.286
PJ Poulin
.353
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
Daniel Lynch IV
24.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.69
PJ Poulin
24.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.9001.65
now 0.99
1.24
PJ Poulin
.9001.65
now 1.46
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
4032.60
now 27
18
PJ Poulin
4032.60
now 18
13
Winshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0004.20
now 1
01
PJ Poulin
.0004.20
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Lynch IV
.0003.40
now 1
01
PJ Poulin
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighDaniel Lynch IV — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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