MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
Change to
Randy Dobnak
KC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Randy Dobnak.

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

Randy Dobnak 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
Randy Dobnak
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
14.9%
Randy Dobnak
8.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
24.1%
Randy Dobnak
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Soriano
33.6%
Randy Dobnak
30.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
42.0%
Randy Dobnak
43.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
9.4%
Randy Dobnak
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Soriano
.312
Randy Dobnak
.338
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
2.465.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.94
Randy Dobnak
2.465.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
George Soriano
.9001.99
now 1.14
1.29
Randy Dobnak
.9001.99
now 1.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Soriano
4027.20
now 20
11
Randy Dobnak
4027.20
now 2
15
Winshigher is better
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Randy Dobnak
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
02
Randy Dobnak
.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 0.86
Sell HighRandy Dobnak — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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