MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Julian Garcia
CIN · P
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Portrait of Michael Petersen
Michael Petersen
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Michael Petersen.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Michael Petersen wins 2 categories (W, SV); Julian Garcia wins 1 (K); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Julian Garcia
92.4
Michael Petersen
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
12.4%
Michael Petersen
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
23.6%
Michael Petersen
29.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
29.5%
Michael Petersen
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Julian Garcia
26.7%
Michael Petersen
43.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Julian Garcia
4.4%
Michael Petersen
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Julian Garcia
.259
Michael Petersen
.287
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
Julian Garcia
2.926.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
Michael Petersen
2.926.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.63
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Julian Garcia
1.051.31
now 1.20
1.24
Michael Petersen
1.051.31
now 1.12
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Julian Garcia
4043.60
now 3
32
Michael Petersen
4043.60
now 23
15
Winshigher is better
Julian Garcia
.0001.48
now 0
00
Michael Petersen
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Julian Garcia
.0002.40
now 0
0
Michael Petersen
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJulian Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighMichael Petersen — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
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