MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Gabe Speier
Gabe Speier
SEA · P
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Portrait of Kyle Hurt
Kyle Hurt
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gabe Speier.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Gabe Speier wins 1 categories (K); Kyle Hurt wins 0 (none); 4 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gabe Speier
95.3
Kyle Hurt
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
12.3%
Kyle Hurt
17.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
21.4%
Kyle Hurt
27.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
31.4%
Kyle Hurt
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gabe Speier
36.7%
Kyle Hurt
41.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gabe Speier
11.4%
Kyle Hurt
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gabe Speier
.295
Kyle Hurt
.301
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Gabe Speier
24.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
Kyle Hurt
24.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Gabe Speier
.9001.51
now 1.30
1.24
Kyle Hurt
.9001.51
now 0.78
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gabe Speier
4026.60
now 16
19
Kyle Hurt
4026.60
now 21
18
Winshigher is better
Gabe Speier
.0001.48
now 1
11
Kyle Hurt
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Gabe Speier
.0003.40
now 1
02
Kyle Hurt
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGabe Speier — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeKyle Hurt — hold.conf 0.50
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