MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Keegan Akin
Keegan Akin
BAL · P
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Portrait of Trevor Richards
Trevor Richards
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Keegan Akin.

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

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

Keegan Akin wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Trevor Richards 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
Keegan Akin
93.7
Trevor Richards
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
9.5%
Trevor Richards
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
14.9%
Trevor Richards
24.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Keegan Akin
28.0%
Trevor Richards
30.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
28.4%
Trevor Richards
40.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Keegan Akin
5.7%
Trevor Richards
7.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Keegan Akin
.298
Trevor Richards
.292
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
Keegan Akin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.88
3.70
Trevor Richards
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Keegan Akin
.9302.09
now 1.83
1.24
Trevor Richards
.9302.09
now 1.19
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Keegan Akin
4021.60
now 12
16
Trevor Richards
4021.60
now 14
14
Winshigher is better
Keegan Akin
.000.480
now 0
00
Trevor Richards
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKeegan Akin — hold.conf 0.50
BuyTrevor Richards — buy.conf 0.77
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