MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rico Garcia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Rico Garcia wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Daniel Palencia wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Rico Garcia
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Rico Garcia
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Rico Garcia
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Rico Garcia
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Rico Garcia
37.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Rico Garcia
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Rico Garcia
.277
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
24.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Rico Garcia
24.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
.9001.79
now 1.46
1.24
Rico Garcia
.9001.79
now 0.63
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4034.40
now 12
14
Rico Garcia
4034.40
now 28
16
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.2003.80
now 1
12
Rico Garcia
.2003.80
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0006.60
now 3
25
Rico Garcia
.0006.60
now 3
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRico Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
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