MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Hoby Milner
Hoby Milner
CHC · P
Change to
Robby Ahlstrom
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Robby Ahlstrom.

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

Robby Ahlstrom 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
87.4
Robby Ahlstrom
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
7.8%
Robby Ahlstrom
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
12.1%
Robby Ahlstrom
18.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Hoby Milner
28.7%
Robby Ahlstrom
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Hoby Milner
37.8%
Robby Ahlstrom
31.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Hoby Milner
5.9%
Robby Ahlstrom
3.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Hoby Milner
.351
Robby Ahlstrom
.313
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
25.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.78
Robby Ahlstrom
25.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Hoby Milner
.9001.75
now 1.03
1.25
Robby Ahlstrom
.9001.75
now 0.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Hoby Milner
4035.60
now 12
13
Robby Ahlstrom
4035.60
now 2
26
Winshigher is better
Hoby Milner
.0001.48
now 1
01
Robby Ahlstrom
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Hoby Milner
.0002.40
now 1
01
Robby Ahlstrom
.0002.40
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 LowRobby Ahlstrom — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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