MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Merrill Kelly
Merrill Kelly
AZ · P
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Noah Schultz
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Merrill Kelly.

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

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

Merrill Kelly wins 2 categories (WHIP, W); Noah Schultz 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
Merrill Kelly
92.1
Noah Schultz
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
10.2%
Noah Schultz
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
13.7%
Noah Schultz
20.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
34.1%
Noah Schultz
25.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
43.9%
Noah Schultz
37.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
14.5%
Noah Schultz
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
.412
Noah Schultz
.372
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
Merrill Kelly
4.497.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
6.49
Noah Schultz
4.497.06
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.82
5.37
WHIPlower is better
Merrill Kelly
1.271.57
now 1.46
1.45
Noah Schultz
1.271.57
now 1.34
1.50

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Merrill Kelly
4054
now 33
48
Noah Schultz
4054
now 33
48
Winshigher is better
Merrill Kelly
.00011.80
now 5
49
Noah Schultz
.00011.80
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMerrill Kelly — sell.conf 0.90
SellNoah Schultz — sell.conf 0.90
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