MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Michael McGreevy
Michael McGreevy
STL · P
Change to
Zac Thornton
NYM · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zac Thornton.

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

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

Zac Thornton wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Michael McGreevy wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Michael McGreevy
91.8
Zac Thornton
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Michael McGreevy
8.8%
Zac Thornton
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Michael McGreevy
16.7%
Zac Thornton
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Michael McGreevy
29.0%
Zac Thornton
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Michael McGreevy
41.8%
Zac Thornton
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Michael McGreevy
9.7%
Zac Thornton
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Michael McGreevy
.352
Zac Thornton
.331
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
Michael McGreevy
2.205.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.98
4.92
Zac Thornton
2.205.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.46
WHIPlower is better
Michael McGreevy
1.011.41
now 1.10
1.32
Zac Thornton
1.011.41
now 1.16
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Michael McGreevy
4058
now 44
9
Zac Thornton
4058
now 10
11
Winshigher is better
Michael McGreevy
.0004.20
now 3
01
Zac Thornton
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMichael McGreevy — sell.conf 0.90
SellZac Thornton — sell.conf 0.72
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