MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Freddy Peralta
Freddy Peralta
TB · P
Change to
Ronel Blanco
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Freddy Peralta wins 2 (ERA, W); Ronel Blanco wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Freddy Peralta
94.2
Ronel Blanco
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Freddy Peralta
12.5%
Ronel Blanco
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Freddy Peralta
21.8%
Ronel Blanco
21.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Freddy Peralta
29.9%
Ronel Blanco
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Freddy Peralta
39.1%
Ronel Blanco
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Freddy Peralta
5.5%
Ronel Blanco
13.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Freddy Peralta
.307
Ronel Blanco
.358
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
Freddy Peralta
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.55
3.93
Ronel Blanco
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.71
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Freddy Peralta
.9401.53
now 1.30
1.40
Ronel Blanco
.9401.53
now 1.07
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Freddy Peralta
4092
now 68
44
Ronel Blanco
4092
now 8
55
Winshigher is better
Freddy Peralta
.0004.20
now 3
12
Ronel Blanco
.0004.20
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowFreddy Peralta — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeRonel Blanco — hold.conf 0.50
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