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

Justin Slaten.

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

Justin Slaten 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
Justin Slaten
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
14.6%
Justin Slaten
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
23.2%
Justin Slaten
29.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Soriano
34.0%
Justin Slaten
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
42.0%
Justin Slaten
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
9.4%
Justin Slaten
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Soriano
.312
Justin Slaten
.260
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 Soriano
2.684.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.95
Justin Slaten
2.684.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
George Soriano
1.071.37
now 1.14
1.30
Justin Slaten
1.071.37
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Soriano
4025.60
now 20
12
Justin Slaten
4025.60
now 14
16
Winshigher is better
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Justin Slaten
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
12
Justin Slaten
.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
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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