MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Grayson Rodriguez
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA · P
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Portrait of Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Grayson Rodriguez wins 2 (K, W); Tomoyuki Sugano wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
96.1
Tomoyuki Sugano
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
10.7%
Tomoyuki Sugano
8.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
17.3%
Tomoyuki Sugano
13.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
25.5%
Tomoyuki Sugano
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
52.4%
Tomoyuki Sugano
44.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
11.6%
Tomoyuki Sugano
14.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
.414
Tomoyuki Sugano
.401
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
Grayson Rodriguez
2.608.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.53
6.60
Tomoyuki Sugano
2.608.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.01
6.20
WHIPlower is better
Grayson Rodriguez
1.081.84
now 1.67
1.47
Tomoyuki Sugano
1.081.84
now 1.25
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
4056
now 14
44
Tomoyuki Sugano
4056
now 31
25
Winshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
.0009
now 2
37
Tomoyuki Sugano
.0009
now 4
24

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellGrayson Rodriguez — sell.conf 0.90
Sell HighTomoyuki Sugano — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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