MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Michael Soroka
Michael Soroka
AZ · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tarik Skubal.

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

Tarik Skubal 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
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
11.0%
Tarik Skubal
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
23.7%
Tarik Skubal
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
33.6%
Tarik Skubal
34.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Michael Soroka
34.1%
Tarik Skubal
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Michael Soroka
8.6%
Tarik Skubal
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Michael Soroka
.310
Tarik Skubal
.298
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
2.204.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.25
3.95
Tarik Skubal
2.204.45
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.63
WHIPlower is better
Michael Soroka
.9001.30
now 1.20
1.19
Tarik Skubal
.9001.30
now 0.95
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Michael Soroka
40101
now 60
80
Tarik Skubal
40101
now 45
85
Winshigher is better
Michael Soroka
.00017
now 7
613
Tarik Skubal
.00017
now 3
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyMichael Soroka — hold.conf 0.60
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.74
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