MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Emerson Hancock
Emerson Hancock
SEA · P
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Portrait of Keider Montero
Keider Montero
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Emerson Hancock.

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

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

Emerson Hancock wins 2 categories (K, W); Keider Montero wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
95.4
Keider Montero
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
11.9%
Keider Montero
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
23.4%
Keider Montero
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emerson Hancock
26.8%
Keider Montero
27.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
43.6%
Keider Montero
38.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
9.4%
Keider Montero
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emerson Hancock
.320
Keider Montero
.286
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
Emerson Hancock
2.224.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.80
4.24
Keider Montero
2.224.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.69
3.39
WHIPlower is better
Emerson Hancock
.9001.26
now 0.95
1.17
Keider Montero
.9001.26
now 1.00
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emerson Hancock
4083.60
now 70
50
Keider Montero
4083.60
now 43
36
Winshigher is better
Emerson Hancock
.0005.20
now 4
24
Keider Montero
.0005.20
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEmerson Hancock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyKeider Montero — buy.conf 0.81
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