MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Michael Soroka
Michael Soroka
AZ · P
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Portrait of Payton Tolle
Payton Tolle
BOS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Payton Tolle.

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

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

Payton Tolle wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Michael Soroka wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Michael Soroka
93.7
Payton Tolle
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
11.0%
Payton Tolle
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
23.7%
Payton Tolle
26.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
33.6%
Payton Tolle
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Michael Soroka
34.1%
Payton Tolle
33.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Michael Soroka
8.6%
Payton Tolle
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Michael Soroka
.309
Payton Tolle
.266
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
2.054.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.25
4.01
Payton Tolle
2.054.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
2.93
WHIPlower is better
Michael Soroka
.9001.32
now 1.20
1.19
Payton Tolle
.9001.32
now 0.90
1.19

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Michael Soroka
4066
now 60
45
Payton Tolle
4066
now 46
50
Winshigher is better
Michael Soroka
.00010.80
now 7
38
Payton Tolle
.00010.80
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyMichael Soroka — hold.conf 0.60
BuyPayton Tolle — buy.conf 0.92
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