MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Kyle Leahy
Kyle Leahy
STL · P
Change to
Portrait of Michael King
Michael King
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Michael King.

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

Michael King wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Kyle Leahy wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
94.1
Michael King
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
10.0%
Michael King
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
20.0%
Michael King
21.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kyle Leahy
26.0%
Michael King
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
48.8%
Michael King
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
10.5%
Michael King
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kyle Leahy
.347
Michael King
.328
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Kyle Leahy
2.535.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.25
4.80
Michael King
2.535.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
4.39
WHIPlower is better
Kyle Leahy
.9601.73
now 1.56
1.36
Michael King
.9601.73
now 1.13
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
4077.80
now 46
33
Michael King
4077.80
now 65
43
Winshigher is better
Kyle Leahy
.8006.20
now 5
25
Michael King
.8006.20
now 4
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellKyle Leahy — sell.conf 0.87
Sell HighMichael King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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