MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Mitch Keller
Mitch Keller
PIT · P
Change to
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Patrick Sandoval.

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

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

Patrick Sandoval wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Mitch Keller wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Mitch Keller
93.3
Patrick Sandoval
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Mitch Keller
9.7%
Patrick Sandoval
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Mitch Keller
17.7%
Patrick Sandoval
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Mitch Keller
29.4%
Patrick Sandoval
28.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Mitch Keller
42.3%
Patrick Sandoval
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Mitch Keller
7.4%
Patrick Sandoval
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Mitch Keller
.355
Patrick Sandoval
.325
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
Mitch Keller
26.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.97
Patrick Sandoval
26.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Mitch Keller
1.091.46
now 1.17
1.38
Patrick Sandoval
1.091.46
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Mitch Keller
4069.40
now 51
32
Patrick Sandoval
4069.40
now 5
33
Winshigher is better
Mitch Keller
.0007
now 5
24
Patrick Sandoval
.0007
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellMitch Keller — sell.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seePatrick Sandoval — hold.conf 0.50
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