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

Dustin May.

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

Dustin May wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Zac Thornton wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dustin May
96.9
Zac Thornton
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Zac Thornton
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Zac Thornton
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Zac Thornton
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Zac Thornton
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Zac Thornton
11.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Zac Thornton
.328
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
3.654.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Zac Thornton
3.654.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.091.40
now 1.30
1.33
Zac Thornton
1.091.40
now 1.16
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4067.40
now 51
37
Zac Thornton
4067.40
now 10
36
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.0004.20
now 3
13
Zac Thornton
.0004.20
now 0
00

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
Sell HighZac Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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