MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of José Soriano
José Soriano
TOR · P
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Portrait of Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trevor McDonald.

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

Trevor McDonald 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
97.1
Trevor McDonald
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Soriano
13.5%
Trevor McDonald
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Soriano
22.6%
Trevor McDonald
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Soriano
32.7%
Trevor McDonald
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Soriano
37.4%
Trevor McDonald
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Soriano
7.6%
Trevor McDonald
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Soriano
.324
Trevor McDonald
.311
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
2.074.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.72
4.32
Trevor McDonald
2.074.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.06
WHIPlower is better
José Soriano
.9501.49
now 1.21
1.37
Trevor McDonald
.9501.49
now 1.07
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Soriano
40114.20
now 85
15
Trevor McDonald
40114.20
now 27
12
Winshigher is better
José Soriano
.0008
now 6
11
Trevor McDonald
.0008
now 2
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJosé Soriano — sell.conf 0.65
Hold · steadyTrevor McDonald — hold.conf 0.60
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