MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Emilio Pagán
CIN · P
Change to
Tyler Zuber
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Zuber.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Emilio Pagán’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Tyler Zuber wins 2 categories (K, SV); Emilio Pagán wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
94.6
Tyler Zuber
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
13.5%
Tyler Zuber
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
24.1%
Tyler Zuber
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Emilio Pagán
30.6%
Tyler Zuber
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
57.1%
Tyler Zuber
48.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
10.7%
Tyler Zuber
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Emilio Pagán
.329
Tyler Zuber
.298
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
Tyler Zuber
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Emilio Pagán
1.141.60
now 1.43
1.24
Tyler Zuber
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
4024.40
now 11
14
Tyler Zuber
4024.40
now 2
18
Winshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
.0004.20
now 2
13
Tyler Zuber
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Emilio Pagán
.00022
now 6
59
Tyler Zuber
.00022
now 1
416
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeEmilio Pagán — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowTyler Zuber — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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