MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · P
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Portrait of Tyler Wells
Tyler Wells
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Orion Kerkering.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Orion Kerkering wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Tyler Wells wins 2 (ERA, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
97.5
Tyler Wells
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
12.1%
Tyler Wells
15.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
25.7%
Tyler Wells
26.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Orion Kerkering
28.3%
Tyler Wells
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
24.8%
Tyler Wells
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
5.9%
Tyler Wells
5.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Orion Kerkering
.266
Tyler Wells
.278
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
Orion Kerkering
24.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
Tyler Wells
24.98
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.28
3.18
WHIPlower is better
Orion Kerkering
1.061.31
now 1.13
1.24
Tyler Wells
1.061.31
now 1.24
1.16

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
4031.60
now 23
19
Tyler Wells
4031.60
now 26
18
Winshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
.0005.60
now 3
14
Tyler Wells
.0005.60
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Orion Kerkering
.0002.40
now 1
01
Tyler Wells
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeOrion Kerkering — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTyler Wells — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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