MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Garrett Cleavinger
Garrett Cleavinger
TB · P
Change to
PJ Poulin
WSH · 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, 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

Garrett Cleavinger 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
Garrett Cleavinger
96.7
PJ Poulin
90.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
12.7%
PJ Poulin
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
32.6%
PJ Poulin
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Cleavinger
34.9%
PJ Poulin
23.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
40.5%
PJ Poulin
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
8.1%
PJ Poulin
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Cleavinger
.291
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
Garrett Cleavinger
2.974.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
3.70
PJ Poulin
2.974.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Cleavinger
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24
PJ Poulin
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
4024.60
now 17
19
PJ Poulin
4024.60
now 18
14
Winshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.2003.80
now 1
12
PJ Poulin
.2003.80
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Garrett Cleavinger
.0003.40
now 1
02
PJ Poulin
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGarrett Cleavinger — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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