MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Ethan Roberts
Ethan Roberts
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of José Suarez
José Suarez
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Suarez.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Suarez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Ethan Roberts wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
93.6
José Suarez
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
9.8%
José Suarez
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
15.5%
José Suarez
24.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ethan Roberts
25.1%
José Suarez
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ethan Roberts
44.7%
José Suarez
32.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ethan Roberts
3.9%
José Suarez
2.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ethan Roberts
.342
José Suarez
.294
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
Ethan Roberts
26.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
José Suarez
26.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.58
WHIPlower is better
Ethan Roberts
.9002.25
now 1.00
1.24
José Suarez
.9002.25
now 1.89
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ethan Roberts
4041.40
now 12
16
José Suarez
4041.40
now 33
24
Winshigher is better
Ethan Roberts
.000.480
now 0
00
José Suarez
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Ethan Roberts
.0002.40
now 0
0
José Suarez
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighEthan Roberts — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.86
Buy LowJosé Suarez — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.80
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