MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Tyler Wells
Tyler Wells
TB · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Wells.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Daniel Palencia’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Tyler Wells
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Tyler Wells
15.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Tyler Wells
25.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Tyler Wells
34.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Tyler Wells
31.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Tyler Wells
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Tyler Wells
.272
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
25.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Tyler Wells
25.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.28
3.04
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
1.051.58
now 1.46
1.24
Tyler Wells
1.051.58
now 1.24
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4031.60
now 12
14
Tyler Wells
4031.60
now 26
16
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0002.80
now 1
12
Tyler Wells
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.0005.60
now 3
24
Tyler Wells
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTyler Wells — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
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