MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Merrill Kelly
Merrill Kelly
AZ · P
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Portrait of Miles Mikolas
Miles Mikolas
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Merrill Kelly wins 2 (K, W); Miles Mikolas wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
92.1
Miles Mikolas
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
10.5%
Miles Mikolas
7.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
15.4%
Miles Mikolas
11.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
34.1%
Miles Mikolas
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
44.2%
Miles Mikolas
43.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
12.7%
Miles Mikolas
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
.393
Miles Mikolas
.355
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
Merrill Kelly
4.536.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
5.95
Miles Mikolas
4.536.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.08
4.97
WHIPlower is better
Merrill Kelly
1.281.53
now 1.46
1.44
Miles Mikolas
1.281.53
now 1.41
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Merrill Kelly
4038.60
now 33
26
Miles Mikolas
4038.60
now 32
25
Winshigher is better
Merrill Kelly
.0007
now 5
25
Miles Mikolas
.0007
now 1
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMerrill Kelly — sell.conf 0.90
SellMiles Mikolas — sell.conf 0.90
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