MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 7, 2026
Emilio Pagán
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Gregory Soto
Gregory Soto
PIT · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gregory Soto.

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

Gregory Soto wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Emilio Pagán wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
94.5
Gregory Soto
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
13.0%
Gregory Soto
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
18.6%
Gregory Soto
28.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
30.8%
Gregory Soto
28.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
57.4%
Gregory Soto
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
10.6%
Gregory Soto
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
.349
Gregory Soto
.287
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
Emilio Pagán
28.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.43
3.70
Gregory Soto
28.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.95
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Emilio Pagán
.9001.70
now 1.43
1.24
Gregory Soto
.9001.70
now 0.76
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
4040.40
now 11
24
Gregory Soto
4040.40
now 32
29
Winshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
.8006.20
now 2
24
Gregory Soto
.8006.20
now 4
35
Saveshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
2.2014.80
now 6
712
Gregory Soto
2.2014.80
now 7
59
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeEmilio Pagán — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeGregory Soto — hold.conf 0.50
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