MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Kodai Senga
NYM · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kodai Senga.

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

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

Kodai Senga wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Patrick Sandoval wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kodai Senga
96.3
Patrick Sandoval
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kodai Senga
12.8%
Patrick Sandoval
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kodai Senga
25.8%
Patrick Sandoval
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kodai Senga
26.2%
Patrick Sandoval
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kodai Senga
39.4%
Patrick Sandoval
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kodai Senga
12.9%
Patrick Sandoval
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kodai Senga
.344
Patrick Sandoval
.349
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
Kodai Senga
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
4.74
Patrick Sandoval
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.85
WHIPlower is better
Kodai Senga
1.152.18
now 1.95
1.47
Patrick Sandoval
1.152.18
now 1.38
1.46

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kodai Senga
4030.20
now 23
12
Patrick Sandoval
4030.20
now 5
11
Winshigher is better
Kodai Senga
.000.480
now 0
00
Patrick Sandoval
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellKodai Senga — sell.conf 0.84
SellPatrick Sandoval — sell.conf 0.90
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