MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of David Peterson
David Peterson
CHC · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Tarik Skubal wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); David Peterson wins 0 (none); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
David Peterson
92.3
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
David Peterson
9.9%
Tarik Skubal
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
David Peterson
18.8%
Tarik Skubal
31.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
David Peterson
29.3%
Tarik Skubal
36.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
David Peterson
42.5%
Tarik Skubal
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
David Peterson
7.1%
Tarik Skubal
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
David Peterson
.343
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
David Peterson
26.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.18
4.70
Tarik Skubal
26.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.98
WHIPlower is better
David Peterson
.9001.85
now 1.59
1.41
Tarik Skubal
.9001.85
now 0.95
1.00

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
David Peterson
4061.60
now 56
42
Tarik Skubal
4061.60
now 45
42
Winshigher is better
David Peterson
.0005.20
now 3
13
Tarik Skubal
.0005.20
now 3
24

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellDavid Peterson — sell.conf 0.83
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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