MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Daniel Palencia wins 2 (WHIP, SV); Ryan Zeferjahn wins 2 (K, ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Ryan Zeferjahn
33.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Ryan Zeferjahn
24.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Ryan Zeferjahn
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Ryan Zeferjahn
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Ryan Zeferjahn
.267
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
27.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Ryan Zeferjahn
27.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
2.93
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24
Ryan Zeferjahn
1.151.55
now 1.39
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4040
now 12
13
Ryan Zeferjahn
4040
now 32
18
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.5202.48
now 1
12
Ryan Zeferjahn
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0005.60
now 3
24
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0005.60
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
BuyRyan Zeferjahn — buy.conf 0.92
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