MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of John Schreiber
John Schreiber
KC · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Hentges.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. John Schreiber’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sam Hentges wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); John Schreiber wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John Schreiber
93.7
Sam Hentges
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John Schreiber
9.9%
Sam Hentges
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John Schreiber
17.1%
Sam Hentges
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John Schreiber
26.1%
Sam Hentges
26.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John Schreiber
43.1%
Sam Hentges
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John Schreiber
7.3%
Sam Hentges
3.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John Schreiber
.341
Sam Hentges
.319
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
John Schreiber
24.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.74
3.73
Sam Hentges
24.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John Schreiber
1.111.70
now 1.30
1.25
Sam Hentges
1.111.70
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John Schreiber
4021.60
now 13
11
Sam Hentges
4021.60
now 9
16
Winshigher is better
John Schreiber
.000.480
now 0
00
Sam Hentges
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
John Schreiber
.0002.40
now 1
01
Sam Hentges
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJohn Schreiber — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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