MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Portrait of Hoby Milner
Hoby Milner
CHC · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Hoby Milner.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Hoby Milner wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Javier Assad wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Hoby Milner
87.4
Javier Assad
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
7.8%
Javier Assad
5.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
12.1%
Javier Assad
15.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
28.7%
Javier Assad
22.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Hoby Milner
37.8%
Javier Assad
48.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Hoby Milner
5.9%
Javier Assad
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Hoby Milner
.351
Javier Assad
.336
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
Hoby Milner
27.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.78
Javier Assad
27.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.40
WHIPlower is better
Hoby Milner
.9301.39
now 1.03
1.25
Javier Assad
.9301.39
now 1.27
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Hoby Milner
4027.60
now 12
15
Javier Assad
4027.60
now 14
22
Winshigher is better
Hoby Milner
.0008.40
now 1
01
Javier Assad
.0008.40
now 3
26
Saveshigher is better
Hoby Milner
.0003.40
now 1
02
Javier Assad
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighHoby Milner — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
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