MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Portrait of Hoby Milner
Hoby Milner
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Justin Slaten
Justin Slaten
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Justin Slaten.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Hoby Milner’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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Hoby Milner
87.3
Justin Slaten
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
8.0%
Justin Slaten
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
12.3%
Justin Slaten
26.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
29.0%
Justin Slaten
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Hoby Milner
37.1%
Justin Slaten
43.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Hoby Milner
5.2%
Justin Slaten
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Hoby Milner
.342
Justin Slaten
.308
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
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.76
Justin Slaten
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Hoby Milner
.9201.41
now 1.03
1.25
Justin Slaten
.9201.41
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Hoby Milner
4038.60
now 12
20
Justin Slaten
4038.60
now 14
31
Winshigher is better
Hoby Milner
.0002.80
now 1
12
Justin Slaten
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Hoby Milner
.0003.40
now 1
02
Justin Slaten
.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
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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