MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Kevin Gausman
Kevin Gausman
TOR · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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

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

Troy Melton wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Kevin Gausman wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kevin Gausman
93.9
Troy Melton
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kevin Gausman
13.9%
Troy Melton
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kevin Gausman
24.7%
Troy Melton
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kevin Gausman
34.4%
Troy Melton
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kevin Gausman
40.2%
Troy Melton
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kevin Gausman
8.7%
Troy Melton
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kevin Gausman
.305
Troy Melton
.271
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
Kevin Gausman
24.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.13
3.88
Troy Melton
24.86
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.02
WHIPlower is better
Kevin Gausman
.9001.37
now 1.09
1.25
Troy Melton
.9001.37
now 0.95
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kevin Gausman
4090.80
now 66
54
Troy Melton
4090.80
now 4
13
Winshigher is better
Kevin Gausman
.0006.60
now 4
25
Troy Melton
.0006.60
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyKevin Gausman — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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