MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of George Kirby
George Kirby
SEA · P
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Portrait of Ranger Suarez
Ranger Suarez
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ranger Suarez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Ranger Suarez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); George Kirby wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
George Kirby
96.6
Ranger Suarez
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
11.6%
Ranger Suarez
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
21.0%
Ranger Suarez
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Kirby
34.0%
Ranger Suarez
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
41.9%
Ranger Suarez
33.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
7.6%
Ranger Suarez
4.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Kirby
.305
Ranger Suarez
.286
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
George Kirby
3.164.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.88
Ranger Suarez
3.164.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.38
WHIPlower is better
George Kirby
1.091.37
now 1.22
1.30
Ranger Suarez
1.091.37
now 1.16
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Kirby
4067.80
now 59
37
Ranger Suarez
4067.80
now 57
38
Winshigher is better
George Kirby
.0006.60
now 5
24
Ranger Suarez
.0006.60
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyGeorge Kirby — hold.conf 0.60
BuyRanger Suarez — buy.conf 0.82
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