MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
KC · P
Change to
PJ Poulin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Nick Mears.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. PJ Poulin’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Nick Mears wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); PJ Poulin wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nick Mears
94.8
PJ Poulin
90.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nick Mears
8.2%
PJ Poulin
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nick Mears
18.1%
PJ Poulin
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nick Mears
29.2%
PJ Poulin
23.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nick Mears
50.9%
PJ Poulin
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nick Mears
12.3%
PJ Poulin
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nick Mears
.382
PJ Poulin
.353
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
Nick Mears
2.435.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
PJ Poulin
2.435.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Nick Mears
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24
PJ Poulin
1.141.60
now 1.46
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nick Mears
4023.60
now 15
16
PJ Poulin
4023.60
now 18
15
Winshigher is better
Nick Mears
.2003.80
now 2
13
PJ Poulin
.2003.80
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Nick Mears
.0003.40
now 0
0
PJ Poulin
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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