MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Harrison
Kyle Harrison
MIL · P
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Portrait of Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
PIT · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Paul Skenes.

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

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

Paul Skenes wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kyle Harrison wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Harrison
95.0
Paul Skenes
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Harrison
14.4%
Paul Skenes
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Harrison
29.6%
Paul Skenes
29.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Harrison
33.1%
Paul Skenes
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Harrison
36.6%
Paul Skenes
37.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Harrison
6.5%
Paul Skenes
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Harrison
.277
Paul Skenes
.258
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 Harrison
23.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.57
3.14
Paul Skenes
23.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
2.71
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Harrison
.9001.22
now 1.03
1.12
Paul Skenes
.9001.22
now 0.86
1.10

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Harrison
5481
now 61
60
Paul Skenes
5481
now 75
67
Winshigher is better
Kyle Harrison
.60011.40
now 6
49
Paul Skenes
.60011.40
now 6
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyKyle Harrison — buy.conf 0.89
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.92
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