MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of George Soriano
George Soriano
STL · P
Change to
Seth Johnson
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Seth Johnson.

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

Seth Johnson 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
Seth Johnson
97.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
14.9%
Seth Johnson
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
24.1%
Seth Johnson
27.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Soriano
33.6%
Seth Johnson
23.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
42.0%
Seth Johnson
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
9.4%
Seth Johnson
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Soriano
.312
Seth Johnson
.323
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
26.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.94
Seth Johnson
26.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.79
3.70
WHIPlower is better
George Soriano
.9101.94
now 1.14
1.29
Seth Johnson
.9101.94
now 1.71
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Soriano
4025.60
now 20
12
Seth Johnson
4025.60
now 6
16
Winshigher is better
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Seth Johnson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
02
Seth Johnson
.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
Hold · wait & seeSeth Johnson — hold.conf 0.55
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