MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
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Portrait of Shane Drohan
Shane Drohan
MIL · P
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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); Shane Drohan 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
Shane Drohan
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Shane Drohan
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Shane Drohan
23.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Shane Drohan
33.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Shane Drohan
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Shane Drohan
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Shane Drohan
.291
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
Shane Drohan
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
3.50
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
1.031.58
now 1.46
1.24
Shane Drohan
1.031.58
now 1.15
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4041.40
now 12
13
Shane Drohan
4041.40
now 33
24
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.5202.48
now 1
11
Shane Drohan
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0005.60
now 3
24
Shane Drohan
.0005.60
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
BuyShane Drohan — buy.conf 0.78
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