MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Jesse Scholtens
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Daniel Palencia.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves. Jesse Scholtens’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

Daniel Palencia wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Jesse Scholtens wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Jesse Scholtens
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Jesse Scholtens
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Jesse Scholtens
18.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Jesse Scholtens
29.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Jesse Scholtens
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Jesse Scholtens
10.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Jesse Scholtens
.346
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
24.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Jesse Scholtens
24.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.82
3.92
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24
Jesse Scholtens
1.151.55
now 1.27
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4047
now 12
20
Jesse Scholtens
4047
now 30
37
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.00013.60
now 1
12
Jesse Scholtens
.00013.60
now 5
310
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0009.80
now 3
47
Jesse Scholtens
.0009.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJesse Scholtens — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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