MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Gabe Speier
Gabe Speier
SEA · P
Change to
PJ Poulin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gabe Speier.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. PJ Poulin’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Gabe Speier wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); PJ Poulin wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gabe Speier
95.3
PJ Poulin
90.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
12.3%
PJ Poulin
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
21.4%
PJ Poulin
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gabe Speier
31.4%
PJ Poulin
23.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gabe Speier
36.7%
PJ Poulin
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gabe Speier
11.4%
PJ Poulin
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gabe Speier
.295
PJ Poulin
.353
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
Gabe Speier
24.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
PJ Poulin
24.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Gabe Speier
1.151.55
now 1.30
1.24
PJ Poulin
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gabe Speier
4024.60
now 16
19
PJ Poulin
4024.60
now 18
14
Winshigher is better
Gabe Speier
.2003.80
now 1
11
PJ Poulin
.2003.80
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Gabe Speier
.0003.40
now 1
02
PJ Poulin
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGabe Speier — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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