MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Julian Garcia
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Shawn Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong
CLE · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Julian Garcia wins 1 (K); Shawn Armstrong wins 1 (W); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Julian Garcia
92.4
Shawn Armstrong
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
12.7%
Shawn Armstrong
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
23.8%
Shawn Armstrong
22.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
29.4%
Shawn Armstrong
24.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Julian Garcia
26.0%
Shawn Armstrong
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Julian Garcia
4.0%
Shawn Armstrong
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Julian Garcia
.253
Shawn Armstrong
.308
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
Julian Garcia
2.886.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
Shawn Armstrong
2.886.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Julian Garcia
1.131.40
now 1.20
1.24
Shawn Armstrong
1.131.40
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Julian Garcia
4038
now 3
28
Shawn Armstrong
4038
now 19
18
Winshigher is better
Julian Garcia
.0001.48
now 0
00
Shawn Armstrong
.0001.48
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJulian Garcia — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.73
Hold · wait & seeShawn Armstrong — hold.conf 0.50
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