MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen
TB · P
Change to
Dylan Cease
TOR · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Drew Rasmussen wins 2 (WHIP, W); Dylan Cease wins 2 (K, ERA); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
96.0
Dylan Cease
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
12.6%
Dylan Cease
16.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
25.5%
Dylan Cease
36.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
34.0%
Dylan Cease
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
32.8%
Dylan Cease
32.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
6.6%
Dylan Cease
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
.275
Dylan Cease
.260
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 Rasmussen
2.533.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.36
3.11
Dylan Cease
2.533.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.91
2.77
WHIPlower is better
Drew Rasmussen
.9501.26
now 1.02
1.07
Dylan Cease
.9501.26
now 1.16
1.19

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
40127
now 55
43
Dylan Cease
40127
now 103
70
Winshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
.0005.20
now 4
24
Dylan Cease
.0005.20
now 3
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDrew Rasmussen — buy.conf 0.90
BuyDylan Cease — buy.conf 0.92
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