MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
KC · P
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Portrait of Will Vest
Will Vest
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Vest.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Will Vest wins 2 categories (K, SV); Nick Mears wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nick Mears
94.8
Will Vest
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nick Mears
8.2%
Will Vest
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nick Mears
18.1%
Will Vest
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nick Mears
29.2%
Will Vest
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nick Mears
50.9%
Will Vest
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nick Mears
12.3%
Will Vest
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nick Mears
.382
Will Vest
.307
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
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
Will Vest
2.298.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Nick Mears
1.141.60
now 1.50
1.24
Will Vest
1.141.60
now 1.45
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nick Mears
4031.60
now 15
23
Will Vest
4031.60
now 20
26
Winshigher is better
Nick Mears
.0005.20
now 2
14
Will Vest
.0005.20
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Nick Mears
.0003.40
now 0
0
Will Vest
.0003.40
now 1
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowWill Vest — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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