MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Michael Soroka
Michael Soroka
AZ · P
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Portrait of Nathan Eovaldi
Nathan Eovaldi
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nathan Eovaldi.

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

Nathan Eovaldi wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Michael Soroka wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Michael Soroka
93.7
Nathan Eovaldi
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
11.0%
Nathan Eovaldi
16.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
23.7%
Nathan Eovaldi
25.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
33.6%
Nathan Eovaldi
36.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Michael Soroka
34.1%
Nathan Eovaldi
40.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Michael Soroka
8.6%
Nathan Eovaldi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Michael Soroka
.309
Nathan Eovaldi
.307
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
Michael Soroka
2.954.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.25
4.01
Nathan Eovaldi
2.954.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.93
3.96
WHIPlower is better
Michael Soroka
1.041.27
now 1.20
1.19
Nathan Eovaldi
1.041.27
now 1.11
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Michael Soroka
4075.40
now 60
46
Nathan Eovaldi
4075.40
now 67
47
Winshigher is better
Michael Soroka
.00010.40
now 7
48
Nathan Eovaldi
.00010.40
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyMichael Soroka — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyNathan Eovaldi — hold.conf 0.60
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