MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Mitchell Parker
Mitchell Parker
WSH · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trent Thornton.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Trent Thornton wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Mitchell Parker wins 2 (K, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Mitchell Parker
93.6
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Mitchell Parker
14.1%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Mitchell Parker
19.1%
Trent Thornton
11.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Mitchell Parker
32.0%
Trent Thornton
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Mitchell Parker
41.9%
Trent Thornton
46.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Mitchell Parker
8.5%
Trent Thornton
7.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Mitchell Parker
.347
Trent Thornton
.341
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
Mitchell Parker
26.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.28
3.82
Trent Thornton
26.60
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Mitchell Parker
.9001.40
now 1.17
1.25
Trent Thornton
.9001.40
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Mitchell Parker
4034
now 26
18
Trent Thornton
4034
now 6
10
Winshigher is better
Mitchell Parker
.2003.80
now 2
12
Trent Thornton
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Mitchell Parker
.0002.40
now 1
11
Trent Thornton
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMitchell Parker — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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