MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Noah Cameron
Noah Cameron
KC · P
Change to
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yusei Kikuchi.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Noah Cameron’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Yusei Kikuchi wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Noah Cameron wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Noah Cameron
92.4
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Noah Cameron
11.1%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Noah Cameron
20.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Noah Cameron
28.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Noah Cameron
38.8%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Noah Cameron
8.6%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Noah Cameron
.340
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
Noah Cameron
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.61
4.60
Yusei Kikuchi
3.536.46
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Noah Cameron
1.201.69
now 1.41
1.34
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Noah Cameron
4077.80
now 48
63
Yusei Kikuchi
4077.80
now 33
65
Winshigher is better
Noah Cameron
.0005.60
now 2
24
Yusei Kikuchi
.0005.60
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellNoah Cameron — sell.conf 0.78
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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