MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen
TB · P
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Portrait of Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Paul Skenes.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins.

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

Paul Skenes wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Drew Rasmussen wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
96.0
Paul Skenes
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
12.6%
Paul Skenes
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
25.5%
Paul Skenes
30.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
34.0%
Paul Skenes
33.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
32.8%
Paul Skenes
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
6.6%
Paul Skenes
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
.275
Paul Skenes
.262
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
Drew Rasmussen
2.613.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.36
3.13
Paul Skenes
2.613.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
2.83
WHIPlower is better
Drew Rasmussen
.9001.22
now 1.02
1.07
Paul Skenes
.9001.22
now 0.86
1.12

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
4088.60
now 55
41
Paul Skenes
4088.60
now 75
53
Winshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
.4007.60
now 4
24
Paul Skenes
.4007.60
now 6
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDrew Rasmussen — buy.conf 0.89
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.92
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