MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Dylan Cease
TOR · P
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Tarik Skubal
LAD · P
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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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dylan Cease
97.4
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
16.5%
Tarik Skubal
17.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
36.2%
Tarik Skubal
30.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
33.2%
Tarik Skubal
36.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dylan Cease
32.8%
Tarik Skubal
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dylan Cease
4.7%
Tarik Skubal
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dylan Cease
.260
Tarik Skubal
.269
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
Dylan Cease
2.483.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.91
2.77
Tarik Skubal
2.483.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
2.97
WHIPlower is better
Dylan Cease
.9001.30
now 1.16
1.20
Tarik Skubal
.9001.30
now 0.95
1.01

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dylan Cease
40128.20
now 103
59
Tarik Skubal
40128.20
now 45
40
Winshigher is better
Dylan Cease
.0005.20
now 3
13
Tarik Skubal
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDylan Cease — buy.conf 0.92
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.92
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