MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Justin Slaten
Justin Slaten
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Tim Herrin
Tim Herrin
CLE · 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. Tim Herrin’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Justin Slaten wins 1 categories (K); Tim Herrin wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Justin Slaten
96.6
Tim Herrin
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Justin Slaten
13.1%
Tim Herrin
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Justin Slaten
29.9%
Tim Herrin
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Justin Slaten
30.8%
Tim Herrin
28.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Justin Slaten
41.3%
Tim Herrin
34.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Justin Slaten
6.3%
Tim Herrin
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Justin Slaten
.275
Tim Herrin
.318
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
Justin Slaten
3.103.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
Tim Herrin
3.103.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Justin Slaten
1.081.79
now 1.30
1.24
Tim Herrin
1.081.79
now 1.63
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Justin Slaten
4028.60
now 14
23
Tim Herrin
4028.60
now 16
20
Winshigher is better
Justin Slaten
.000.480
now 0
00
Tim Herrin
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighTim Herrin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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