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

Trevor Richards.

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

Trevor Richards 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
Trevor Richards
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
14.6%
Trevor Richards
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
George Soriano
23.2%
Trevor Richards
25.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
George Soriano
34.0%
Trevor Richards
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
42.0%
Trevor Richards
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
George Soriano
9.4%
Trevor Richards
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
George Soriano
.312
Trevor Richards
.281
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
26.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.04
3.95
Trevor Richards
26.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
WHIPlower is better
George Soriano
1.071.37
now 1.14
1.30
Trevor Richards
1.071.37
now 1.19
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
George Soriano
4025.60
now 20
12
Trevor Richards
4025.60
now 14
14
Winshigher is better
George Soriano
.0002.80
now 2
12
Trevor Richards
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
George Soriano
.0003.40
now 2
12
Trevor Richards
.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 & seeTrevor Richards — hold.conf 0.50
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