MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
AZ · P
Change to
Portrait of Michael King
Michael King
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Michael King.

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

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

Michael King wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Eduardo Rodriguez wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
92.0
Michael King
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
9.6%
Michael King
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
16.4%
Michael King
21.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
30.0%
Michael King
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
36.2%
Michael King
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
8.7%
Michael King
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Eduardo Rodriguez
.338
Michael King
.328
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
Eduardo Rodriguez
25.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.24
4.59
Michael King
25.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
4.39
WHIPlower is better
Eduardo Rodriguez
1.041.44
now 1.19
1.35
Michael King
1.041.44
now 1.13
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Eduardo Rodriguez
4077.40
now 52
34
Michael King
4077.40
now 65
42
Winshigher is better
Eduardo Rodriguez
.8006.20
now 5
24
Michael King
.8006.20
now 4
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEduardo Rodriguez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighMichael King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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