MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Nate Pearson
Nate Pearson
HOU · 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 — strikeouts and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Trent Thornton wins 2 categories (K, W); Nate Pearson wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nate Pearson
97.7
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nate Pearson
10.7%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nate Pearson
19.0%
Trent Thornton
12.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nate Pearson
29.7%
Trent Thornton
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nate Pearson
30.9%
Trent Thornton
48.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nate Pearson
7.3%
Trent Thornton
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nate Pearson
.325
Trent Thornton
.348
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
Nate Pearson
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Trent Thornton
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Nate Pearson
.9001.38
now 1.09
1.24
Trent Thornton
.9001.38
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nate Pearson
4021.60
now 2
11
Trent Thornton
4021.60
now 6
16
Winshigher is better
Nate Pearson
.0007
now 0
00
Trent Thornton
.0007
now 2
25
Saveshigher is better
Nate Pearson
.00012.60
now 1
29
Trent Thornton
.00012.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeNate Pearson — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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