MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Kris Bubic
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Kris Bubic wins 2 (ERA, W); Luis Castillo wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kris Bubic
91.8
Luis Castillo
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kris Bubic
12.2%
Luis Castillo
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kris Bubic
24.6%
Luis Castillo
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kris Bubic
28.6%
Luis Castillo
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kris Bubic
39.5%
Luis Castillo
41.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kris Bubic
7.8%
Luis Castillo
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kris Bubic
.327
Luis Castillo
.337
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
Kris Bubic
3.546.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.11
4.37
Luis Castillo
3.546.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.53
4.57
WHIPlower is better
Kris Bubic
1.141.54
now 1.23
1.41
Luis Castillo
1.141.54
now 1.45
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kris Bubic
4062.80
now 51
39
Luis Castillo
4062.80
now 56
44
Winshigher is better
Kris Bubic
.2003.80
now 3
23
Luis Castillo
.2003.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighKris Bubic — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.81
SellLuis Castillo — sell.conf 0.77
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