MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Finnegan
Kyle Finnegan
DET · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Hentges.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sam Hentges wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kyle Finnegan wins 2 (W, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Finnegan
96.3
Sam Hentges
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Finnegan
11.3%
Sam Hentges
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Finnegan
17.8%
Sam Hentges
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Finnegan
27.6%
Sam Hentges
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Finnegan
42.4%
Sam Hentges
31.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Finnegan
6.8%
Sam Hentges
4.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Finnegan
.319
Sam Hentges
.326
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
Kyle Finnegan
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.74
Sam Hentges
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Finnegan
1.111.70
now 1.54
1.27
Sam Hentges
1.111.70
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Finnegan
4031.40
now 16
17
Sam Hentges
4031.40
now 9
25
Winshigher is better
Kyle Finnegan
.0001.48
now 1
11
Sam Hentges
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Kyle Finnegan
.0002.40
now 1
11
Sam Hentges
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKyle Finnegan — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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