MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Jack Perkins
Jack Perkins
ATH · P
Change to
Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trent Thornton.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Trent Thornton wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Jack Perkins wins 2 (K, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jack Perkins
96.1
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jack Perkins
13.6%
Trent Thornton
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jack Perkins
27.9%
Trent Thornton
11.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jack Perkins
34.8%
Trent Thornton
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jack Perkins
38.4%
Trent Thornton
47.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jack Perkins
7.2%
Trent Thornton
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jack Perkins
.313
Trent Thornton
.352
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
Jack Perkins
26.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.94
Trent Thornton
26.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Jack Perkins
.9001.43
now 1.21
1.27
Trent Thornton
.9001.43
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jack Perkins
4046.60
now 33
35
Trent Thornton
4046.60
now 6
18
Winshigher is better
Jack Perkins
.0008
now 2
13
Trent Thornton
.0008
now 2
26
Saveshigher is better
Jack Perkins
.0005.60
now 3
24
Trent Thornton
.0005.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJack Perkins — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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