MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Dennis Santana
Dennis Santana
PIT · P
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Portrait of Nate Pearson
Nate Pearson
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nate Pearson.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Nate Pearson wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Dennis Santana wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dennis Santana
94.1
Nate Pearson
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
13.1%
Nate Pearson
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
20.6%
Nate Pearson
19.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
34.6%
Nate Pearson
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
40.0%
Nate Pearson
30.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
9.2%
Nate Pearson
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dennis Santana
.341
Nate Pearson
.325
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
Dennis Santana
26.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.81
3.75
Nate Pearson
26.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Dennis Santana
.9301.64
now 1.48
1.25
Nate Pearson
.9301.64
now 1.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dennis Santana
4025.80
now 19
18
Nate Pearson
4025.80
now 2
11
Winshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0004.20
now 2
13
Nate Pearson
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.00010.80
now 2
12
Nate Pearson
.00010.80
now 1
28
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDennis Santana — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeNate Pearson — hold.conf 0.50
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