MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Emilio Pagán
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Shane Drohan
Shane Drohan
MIL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Emilio Pagán wins 2 (WHIP, SV); Shane Drohan wins 2 (K, ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
94.8
Shane Drohan
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
15.2%
Shane Drohan
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
26.3%
Shane Drohan
24.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
31.6%
Shane Drohan
33.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
55.0%
Shane Drohan
37.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
11.7%
Shane Drohan
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
.325
Shane Drohan
.283
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
27.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.43
3.70
Shane Drohan
27.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
3.31
WHIPlower is better
Emilio Pagán
1.041.54
now 1.43
1.24
Shane Drohan
1.041.54
now 1.15
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
4041.80
now 11
12
Shane Drohan
4041.80
now 33
28
Winshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
.2003.80
now 2
13
Shane Drohan
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
.00011.20
now 6
48
Shane Drohan
.00011.20
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeEmilio Pagán — hold.conf 0.50
BuyShane Drohan — buy.conf 0.84
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