MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Emilio Pagán
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rico Garcia.

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

Rico Garcia wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); 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
94.9
Rico Garcia
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
13.9%
Rico Garcia
15.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
24.3%
Rico Garcia
25.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
30.7%
Rico Garcia
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
45.5%
Rico Garcia
34.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
9.9%
Rico Garcia
5.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
.291
Rico Garcia
.274
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.43
3.70
Rico Garcia
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.10
WHIPlower is better
Emilio Pagán
.9001.75
now 1.43
1.24
Rico Garcia
.9001.75
now 0.63
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
4037.60
now 11
4
Rico Garcia
4037.60
now 28
5
Winshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
.0004.20
now 2
01
Rico Garcia
.0004.20
now 3
01
Saveshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
.0008.40
now 6
12
Rico Garcia
.0008.40
now 3
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeEmilio Pagán — hold.conf 0.50
BuyRico Garcia — buy.conf 0.90
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