MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
KC · P
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Portrait of Tony Santillan
Tony Santillan
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Nick Mears wins 2 (ERA, W); Tony Santillan wins 2 (K, SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nick Mears
94.8
Tony Santillan
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nick Mears
8.2%
Tony Santillan
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nick Mears
18.1%
Tony Santillan
20.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nick Mears
29.2%
Tony Santillan
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nick Mears
50.9%
Tony Santillan
46.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nick Mears
12.3%
Tony Santillan
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nick Mears
.382
Tony Santillan
.348
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
2.966.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
Tony Santillan
2.966.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Nick Mears
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24
Tony Santillan
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nick Mears
4027.60
now 15
15
Tony Santillan
4027.60
now 22
19
Winshigher is better
Nick Mears
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tony Santillan
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Nick Mears
.0003.40
now 0
0
Tony Santillan
.0003.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTony Santillan — hold.conf 0.50
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