MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Julian Garcia
CIN · P
Change to
Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · 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); Trent Thornton 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
92.3
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
12.2%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
22.1%
Trent Thornton
11.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Julian Garcia
28.5%
Trent Thornton
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Julian Garcia
26.5%
Trent Thornton
46.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Julian Garcia
4.1%
Trent Thornton
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Julian Garcia
.261
Trent Thornton
.341
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
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
Trent Thornton
26.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Julian Garcia
.9001.38
now 1.20
1.24
Trent Thornton
.9001.38
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Julian Garcia
4039.40
now 3
29
Trent Thornton
4039.40
now 6
10
Winshigher is better
Julian Garcia
.0004.20
now 0
00
Trent Thornton
.0004.20
now 2
13

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 0.75
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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