MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of José Suarez
José Suarez
ATH · P
Change to
Kyle Backhus
PHI · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Suarez.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

José Suarez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Kyle Backhus wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Suarez
92.8
Kyle Backhus
90.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Suarez
13.9%
Kyle Backhus
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Suarez
24.9%
Kyle Backhus
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Suarez
31.6%
Kyle Backhus
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Suarez
32.7%
Kyle Backhus
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Suarez
2.0%
Kyle Backhus
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Suarez
.294
Kyle Backhus
.304
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
José Suarez
2.866.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.46
3.60
Kyle Backhus
2.866.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.66
3.70
WHIPlower is better
José Suarez
.9802.15
now 1.89
1.34
Kyle Backhus
.9802.15
now 1.24
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Suarez
4042.20
now 33
24
Kyle Backhus
4042.20
now 10
15
Winshigher is better
José Suarez
.000.480
now 0
00
Kyle Backhus
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
José Suarez
.0002.40
now 1
01
Kyle Backhus
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJosé Suarez — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.80
Buy LowKyle Backhus — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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