MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of George Kirby
George Kirby
SEA · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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

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

Troy Melton wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); George Kirby wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
George Kirby
96.6
Troy Melton
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
11.7%
Troy Melton
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Kirby
21.5%
Troy Melton
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Kirby
34.0%
Troy Melton
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
42.0%
Troy Melton
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Kirby
7.5%
Troy Melton
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Kirby
.306
Troy Melton
.278
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
George Kirby
24.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.93
Troy Melton
24.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.21
WHIPlower is better
George Kirby
.9001.44
now 1.22
1.30
Troy Melton
.9001.44
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Kirby
4081
now 59
42
Troy Melton
4081
now 4
12
Winshigher is better
George Kirby
.0006.60
now 5
25
Troy Melton
.0006.60
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyGeorge Kirby — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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