MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Garrett Whitlock
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Garrett Whitlock.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Garrett Whitlock wins 2 categories (K, W); Daniel Palencia wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Garrett Whitlock
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Garrett Whitlock
16.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Garrett Whitlock
28.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Garrett Whitlock
40.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Garrett Whitlock
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Garrett Whitlock
4.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Garrett Whitlock
.264
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 Palencia
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Garrett Whitlock
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
.9701.60
now 1.46
1.24
Garrett Whitlock
.9701.60
now 1.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4031.60
now 12
17
Garrett Whitlock
4031.60
now 26
23
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0005.20
now 1
12
Garrett Whitlock
.0005.20
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0008.40
now 3
36
Garrett Whitlock
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighGarrett Whitlock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.90
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