MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Dennis Santana
Dennis Santana
AZ · P
Change to
Ryan Gusto
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Dennis Santana wins 1 (ERA); Ryan Gusto wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dennis Santana
94.1
Ryan Gusto
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
12.9%
Ryan Gusto
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
20.4%
Ryan Gusto
18.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
33.4%
Ryan Gusto
30.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
40.9%
Ryan Gusto
43.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
8.5%
Ryan Gusto
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dennis Santana
.333
Ryan Gusto
.341
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
Dennis Santana
2.558.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.81
4.39
Ryan Gusto
2.558.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
4.56
WHIPlower is better
Dennis Santana
1.211.80
now 1.48
1.37
Ryan Gusto
1.211.80
now 1.67
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dennis Santana
4026.60
now 19
0
Ryan Gusto
4026.60
now 4
0
Winshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Ryan Gusto
.0002.80
now 0
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellDennis Santana — sell.conf 0.75
SellRyan Gusto — sell.conf 0.83
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