MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 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.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Rico Garcia
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Rico Garcia
17.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Rico Garcia
29.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Rico Garcia
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Rico Garcia
32.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Rico Garcia
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Rico Garcia
.270
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
Daniel Palencia
24.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Rico Garcia
24.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.66
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
4038.60
now 12
28
Rico Garcia
4038.60
now 28
31
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0008
now 1
23
Rico Garcia
.0008
now 3
36
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.60011.40
now 3
59
Rico Garcia
.60011.40
now 3
35
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighRico Garcia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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