MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 28, 2026
Portrait of Dennis Santana
Dennis Santana
AZ · P
Change to
Ryan Johnson
LAA · 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 Johnson 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 Johnson
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
12.7%
Ryan Johnson
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
19.6%
Ryan Johnson
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
33.5%
Ryan Johnson
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
40.5%
Ryan Johnson
35.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
8.1%
Ryan Johnson
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dennis Santana
.331
Ryan Johnson
.336
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.81
4.34
Ryan Johnson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.83
4.45
WHIPlower is better
Dennis Santana
.9902.55
now 1.48
1.38
Ryan Johnson
.9902.55
now 2.33
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dennis Santana
4026.60
now 19
0
Ryan Johnson
4026.60
now 7
0
Winshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Ryan Johnson
.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 0.73
SellRyan Johnson — sell.conf 0.78
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