MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Drew Anderson
Drew Anderson
DET · P
Change to
Garrett Whitlock
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drew Anderson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and saves. Garrett Whitlock’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Drew Anderson wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Garrett Whitlock wins 2 (WHIP, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Anderson
95.8
Garrett Whitlock
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
14.2%
Garrett Whitlock
16.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
27.9%
Garrett Whitlock
27.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
34.7%
Garrett Whitlock
41.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Anderson
38.9%
Garrett Whitlock
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Anderson
7.8%
Garrett Whitlock
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Anderson
.287
Garrett Whitlock
.261
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
Drew Anderson
2.664.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.03
3.42
Garrett Whitlock
2.664.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Drew Anderson
1.041.35
now 1.26
1.28
Garrett Whitlock
1.041.35
now 1.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Anderson
4056
now 46
25
Garrett Whitlock
4056
now 26
21
Winshigher is better
Drew Anderson
.0005.20
now 2
12
Garrett Whitlock
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Drew Anderson
.0003.40
now 2
12
Garrett Whitlock
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDrew Anderson — buy.conf 0.80
Sell HighGarrett Whitlock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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