MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 15, 2026
Dean Kremer
BAL · P
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Portrait of Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Paul Skenes.

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

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

Paul Skenes wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Dean Kremer wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dean Kremer
93.4
Paul Skenes
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dean Kremer
14.4%
Paul Skenes
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dean Kremer
27.9%
Paul Skenes
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dean Kremer
30.2%
Paul Skenes
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dean Kremer
34.5%
Paul Skenes
37.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dean Kremer
12.1%
Paul Skenes
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dean Kremer
.327
Paul Skenes
.258
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
Dean Kremer
2.154.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
4.10
Paul Skenes
2.154.66
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
2.71
WHIPlower is better
Dean Kremer
.9001.48
now 0.91
1.30
Paul Skenes
.9001.48
now 0.86
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dean Kremer
4098.60
now 16
58
Paul Skenes
4098.60
now 75
71
Winshigher is better
Dean Kremer
.00011.20
now 0
00
Paul Skenes
.00011.20
now 6
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighDean Kremer — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.71
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.92
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