MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
TEX · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Patrick Sandoval.

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

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

Patrick Sandoval wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kumar Rocker wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
94.4
Patrick Sandoval
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
12.4%
Patrick Sandoval
12.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
21.3%
Patrick Sandoval
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kumar Rocker
31.7%
Patrick Sandoval
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
42.1%
Patrick Sandoval
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
7.3%
Patrick Sandoval
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kumar Rocker
.329
Patrick Sandoval
.323
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
Kumar Rocker
25.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.41
Patrick Sandoval
25.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Kumar Rocker
1.231.45
now 1.32
1.34
Patrick Sandoval
1.231.45
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
4059.60
now 44
32
Patrick Sandoval
4059.60
now 5
36
Winshigher is better
Kumar Rocker
.0002.80
now 2
12
Patrick Sandoval
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.69
Hold · wait & seePatrick Sandoval — hold.conf 0.50
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