MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Mick Abel
MIN · P
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Portrait of Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trevor McDonald.

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

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

Trevor McDonald wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Mick Abel wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Mick Abel
94.8
Trevor McDonald
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Mick Abel
14.3%
Trevor McDonald
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Mick Abel
24.7%
Trevor McDonald
18.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Mick Abel
33.1%
Trevor McDonald
28.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Mick Abel
40.4%
Trevor McDonald
38.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Mick Abel
5.3%
Trevor McDonald
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Mick Abel
.350
Trevor McDonald
.312
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
Mick Abel
3.764.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.98
4.10
Trevor McDonald
3.764.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.05
WHIPlower is better
Mick Abel
.9001.77
now 1.57
1.30
Trevor McDonald
.9001.77
now 1.07
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Mick Abel
4072
now 23
58
Trevor McDonald
4072
now 27
58
Winshigher is better
Mick Abel
.0008
now 1
24
Trevor McDonald
.0008
now 2
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMick Abel — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowTrevor McDonald — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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