MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 24, 2026
Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
Change to
Sam Aldegheri
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Aldegheri.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Sam Aldegheri wins 2 categories (K, W); Orion Kerkering wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
97.4
Sam Aldegheri
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
11.1%
Sam Aldegheri
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
26.2%
Sam Aldegheri
14.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
30.5%
Sam Aldegheri
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
22.7%
Sam Aldegheri
34.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
5.3%
Sam Aldegheri
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
.248
Sam Aldegheri
.341
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
Orion Kerkering
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
Sam Aldegheri
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Orion Kerkering
1.041.45
now 1.13
1.24
Sam Aldegheri
1.041.45
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
4043.40
now 23
32
Sam Aldegheri
4043.40
now 7
33
Winshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
.0009.40
now 3
26
Sam Aldegheri
.0009.40
now 1
27
Saveshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
.0003.40
now 1
12
Sam Aldegheri
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeOrion Kerkering — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSam Aldegheri — hold.conf 0.50
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