MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Hentges.

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

Sam Hentges 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
Sam Hentges
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
14.6%
Sam Hentges
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
23.2%
Sam Hentges
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Soriano
34.0%
Sam Hentges
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
42.0%
Sam Hentges
34.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
9.4%
Sam Hentges
3.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Soriano
.312
Sam Hentges
.305
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
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.95
Sam Hentges
25.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
George Soriano
.9701.74
now 1.14
1.30
Sam Hentges
.9701.74
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Soriano
4025.60
now 20
12
Sam Hentges
4025.60
now 9
15
Winshigher is better
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sam Hentges
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
12
Sam Hentges
.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 & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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