MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Kade Anderson
SEA · P
Change to
Zac Thornton
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zac Thornton.

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

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

Zac Thornton wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Kade Anderson wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kade Anderson
93.6
Zac Thornton
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kade Anderson
11.3%
Zac Thornton
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kade Anderson
18.4%
Zac Thornton
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kade Anderson
34.2%
Zac Thornton
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kade Anderson
38.1%
Zac Thornton
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kade Anderson
7.9%
Zac Thornton
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kade Anderson
.309
Zac Thornton
.331
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
Kade Anderson
3.845.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
4.10
Zac Thornton
3.845.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.47
WHIPlower is better
Kade Anderson
1.091.37
now 1.24
1.30
Zac Thornton
1.091.37
now 1.16
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kade Anderson
4015.60
now 5
9
Zac Thornton
4015.60
now 10
10
Winshigher is better
Kade Anderson
.000.480
now 0
00
Zac Thornton
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKade Anderson — hold.conf 0.50
SellZac Thornton — sell.conf 0.72
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