MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
Change to
Portrait of Jonathan Hernández
Jonathan Hernández
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jonathan Hernández.

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

Jonathan Hernández wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); George Soriano wins 2 (W, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
George Soriano
96.6
Jonathan Hernández
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
14.6%
Jonathan Hernández
7.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
23.2%
Jonathan Hernández
18.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Soriano
34.0%
Jonathan Hernández
23.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
42.0%
Jonathan Hernández
41.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
9.4%
Jonathan Hernández
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Soriano
.312
Jonathan Hernández
.354
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 Soriano
24.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.95
Jonathan Hernández
24.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
George Soriano
.9001.69
now 1.14
1.30
Jonathan Hernández
.9001.69
now 0.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Soriano
4026
now 20
12
Jonathan Hernández
4026
now 5
14
Winshigher is better
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jonathan Hernández
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
12
Jonathan Hernández
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighGeorge Soriano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
Hold · wait & seeJonathan Hernández — hold.conf 0.50
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