MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Justin Slaten
Justin Slaten
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Kyle Finnegan
Kyle Finnegan
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Justin Slaten.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Kyle Finnegan’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Justin Slaten wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kyle Finnegan wins 2 (W, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Justin Slaten
96.6
Kyle Finnegan
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Justin Slaten
13.1%
Kyle Finnegan
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Justin Slaten
29.9%
Kyle Finnegan
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Justin Slaten
30.8%
Kyle Finnegan
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Justin Slaten
41.3%
Kyle Finnegan
42.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Justin Slaten
6.3%
Kyle Finnegan
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Justin Slaten
.275
Kyle Finnegan
.317
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
Justin Slaten
24.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
Kyle Finnegan
24.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Justin Slaten
1.121.66
now 1.30
1.24
Kyle Finnegan
1.121.66
now 1.54
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Justin Slaten
4029.60
now 14
24
Kyle Finnegan
4029.60
now 16
16
Winshigher is better
Justin Slaten
.0001.48
now 0
00
Kyle Finnegan
.0001.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Justin Slaten
.0002.40
now 0
0
Kyle Finnegan
.0002.40
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeKyle Finnegan — hold.conf 0.50
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