MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
Change to
Portrait of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Roki Sasaki.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Dustin May’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 n/a

Roki Sasaki wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Dustin May wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dustin May
96.9
Roki Sasaki
97.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Roki Sasaki
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Roki Sasaki
23.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Roki Sasaki
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Roki Sasaki
43.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Roki Sasaki
10.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Roki Sasaki
.317
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
Dustin May
3.644.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Roki Sasaki
3.644.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.231.42
now 1.30
1.33
Roki Sasaki
1.231.42
now 1.35
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4056.60
now 51
37
Roki Sasaki
4056.60
now 50
40
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.2003.80
now 3
13
Roki Sasaki
.2003.80
now 3
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
Hold · steadyRoki Sasaki — hold.conf 0.60
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