MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Garrett Whitlock
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Tyler Wells
Tyler Wells
TB · 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

Garrett Whitlock wins 2 (K, W); Tyler Wells wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
95.0
Tyler Wells
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
16.9%
Tyler Wells
16.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
28.2%
Tyler Wells
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Garrett Whitlock
41.9%
Tyler Wells
35.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
34.5%
Tyler Wells
31.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
3.6%
Tyler Wells
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Garrett Whitlock
.252
Tyler Wells
.269
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 Whitlock
2.464.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.69
Tyler Wells
2.464.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.28
2.98
WHIPlower is better
Garrett Whitlock
1.041.31
now 1.11
1.24
Tyler Wells
1.041.31
now 1.24
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
4031.60
now 26
17
Tyler Wells
4031.60
now 26
14
Winshigher is better
Garrett Whitlock
.0004.20
now 3
13
Tyler Wells
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGarrett Whitlock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.84
Sell HighTyler Wells — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
Tweet