MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Mason Black
Mason Black
KC · P
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Portrait of Trevor Richards
Trevor Richards
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mason Black.

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

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

Mason Black wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Trevor Richards wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Mason Black
94.0
Trevor Richards
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Mason Black
8.3%
Trevor Richards
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Mason Black
16.5%
Trevor Richards
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Mason Black
23.0%
Trevor Richards
29.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Mason Black
48.6%
Trevor Richards
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Mason Black
11.4%
Trevor Richards
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Mason Black
.391
Trevor Richards
.292
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
Mason Black
27.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
3.70
Trevor Richards
27.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Mason Black
1.071.62
now 1.50
1.24
Trevor Richards
1.071.62
now 1.19
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Mason Black
4021.60
now 9
16
Trevor Richards
4021.60
now 14
14
Winshigher is better
Mason Black
.000.480
now 0
00
Trevor Richards
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighMason Black — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
BuyTrevor Richards — buy.conf 0.77
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