MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Garrett Cleavinger
Garrett Cleavinger
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Garrett Cleavinger.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Garrett Cleavinger wins 2 categories (K, SV); Orion Kerkering wins 1 (W); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
96.7
Orion Kerkering
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
12.7%
Orion Kerkering
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
30.8%
Orion Kerkering
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
36.6%
Orion Kerkering
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
41.7%
Orion Kerkering
24.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
6.7%
Orion Kerkering
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
.290
Orion Kerkering
.265
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
Garrett Cleavinger
2.064.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
Orion Kerkering
2.064.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Cleavinger
11.59
now 1.46
1.24
Orion Kerkering
11.59
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
4035.60
now 17
30
Orion Kerkering
4035.60
now 23
27
Winshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.0006.60
now 1
13
Orion Kerkering
.0006.60
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.0004.40
now 1
13
Orion Kerkering
.0004.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowGarrett Cleavinger — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.77
Hold · wait & seeOrion Kerkering — hold.conf 0.50
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