MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Portrait of José Soriano
José Soriano
LAA · P
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Portrait of Stephen Kolek
Stephen Kolek
KC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Stephen Kolek.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Stephen Kolek wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); José Soriano wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Soriano
97.3
Stephen Kolek
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Soriano
15.3%
Stephen Kolek
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Soriano
25.4%
Stephen Kolek
16.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Soriano
31.6%
Stephen Kolek
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Soriano
37.9%
Stephen Kolek
38.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Soriano
9.3%
Stephen Kolek
7.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Soriano
.326
Stephen Kolek
.304
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
José Soriano
2.094.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.72
4.29
Stephen Kolek
2.094.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.77
WHIPlower is better
José Soriano
.9001.56
now 1.21
1.38
Stephen Kolek
.9001.56
now 0.94
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Soriano
40121.20
now 85
92
Stephen Kolek
40121.20
now 19
45
Winshigher is better
José Soriano
.20012.80
now 6
49
Stephen Kolek
.20012.80
now 3
410

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJosé Soriano — sell.conf 0.64
BuyStephen Kolek — buy.conf 0.70
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