MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Merrill Kelly
Merrill Kelly
AZ · P
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Portrait of Patrick Corbin
Patrick Corbin
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Patrick Corbin.

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

Patrick Corbin wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Merrill Kelly wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
92.1
Patrick Corbin
91.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
10.4%
Patrick Corbin
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
15.3%
Patrick Corbin
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Merrill Kelly
34.2%
Patrick Corbin
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
45.4%
Patrick Corbin
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
13.2%
Patrick Corbin
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Merrill Kelly
.398
Patrick Corbin
.356
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
2.677.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
6.10
Patrick Corbin
2.677.08
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.65
5.00
WHIPlower is better
Merrill Kelly
1.291.53
now 1.46
1.43
Patrick Corbin
1.291.53
now 1.36
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Merrill Kelly
4041.60
now 33
27
Patrick Corbin
4041.60
now 36
29
Winshigher is better
Merrill Kelly
.0006.60
now 5
25
Patrick Corbin
.0006.60
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMerrill Kelly — sell.conf 0.90
SellPatrick Corbin — sell.conf 0.90
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