MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Dennis Santana
Dennis Santana
PIT · P
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Portrait of Tony Santillan
Tony Santillan
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tony Santillan.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Tony Santillan wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Dennis Santana wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dennis Santana
94.1
Tony Santillan
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
12.9%
Tony Santillan
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
20.2%
Tony Santillan
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dennis Santana
34.6%
Tony Santillan
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
40.7%
Tony Santillan
46.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dennis Santana
9.8%
Tony Santillan
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dennis Santana
.351
Tony Santillan
.348
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
3.016.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.81
3.76
Tony Santillan
3.016.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Dennis Santana
1.141.60
now 1.48
1.25
Tony Santillan
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dennis Santana
4028.60
now 19
17
Tony Santillan
4028.60
now 22
23
Winshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.5202.48
now 2
12
Tony Santillan
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Dennis Santana
.0003.40
now 2
12
Tony Santillan
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDennis Santana — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTony Santillan — hold.conf 0.50
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