MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Dennis Santana
Dennis Santana
PIT · P
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Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · 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

Dennis Santana wins 2 (ERA, SV); Pierce Johnson wins 2 (K, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dennis Santana
94.1
Pierce Johnson
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
12.5%
Pierce Johnson
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
19.7%
Pierce Johnson
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
33.8%
Pierce Johnson
32.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
37.6%
Pierce Johnson
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
7.9%
Pierce Johnson
16.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dennis Santana
.328
Pierce Johnson
.387
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
2.655.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.81
3.73
Pierce Johnson
2.655.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Dennis Santana
1.131.58
now 1.48
1.25
Pierce Johnson
1.131.58
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dennis Santana
4032.60
now 19
23
Pierce Johnson
4032.60
now 20
27
Winshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0005.20
now 2
13
Pierce Johnson
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0004.40
now 2
23
Pierce Johnson
.0004.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDennis Santana — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPierce Johnson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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