MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Jordan Romano
COL · P
Change to
Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jordan Romano wins 2 (K, SV); Rico Garcia wins 2 (ERA, W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jordan Romano
94.1
Rico Garcia
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jordan Romano
13.0%
Rico Garcia
16.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jordan Romano
29.3%
Rico Garcia
26.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jordan Romano
31.0%
Rico Garcia
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jordan Romano
37.8%
Rico Garcia
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jordan Romano
4.4%
Rico Garcia
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jordan Romano
.300
Rico Garcia
.280
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
Jordan Romano
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
3.70
Rico Garcia
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Jordan Romano
.9002.55
now 2.00
1.24
Rico Garcia
.9002.55
now 0.63
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jordan Romano
4033.60
now 14
18
Rico Garcia
4033.60
now 28
15
Winshigher is better
Jordan Romano
.0004.20
now 0
00
Rico Garcia
.0004.20
now 3
12
Saveshigher is better
Jordan Romano
.0009.40
now 4
47
Rico Garcia
.0009.40
now 3
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJordan Romano — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeRico Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
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