MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Patrick Sandoval wins 1 (ERA); Tomoyuki Sugano wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Patrick Sandoval
93.4
Tomoyuki Sugano
92.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Patrick Sandoval
12.1%
Tomoyuki Sugano
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Patrick Sandoval
22.7%
Tomoyuki Sugano
14.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Patrick Sandoval
27.6%
Tomoyuki Sugano
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Patrick Sandoval
35.9%
Tomoyuki Sugano
43.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Patrick Sandoval
6.6%
Tomoyuki Sugano
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Patrick Sandoval
.339
Tomoyuki Sugano
.377
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
Patrick Sandoval
26.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.65
Tomoyuki Sugano
26.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.01
5.56
WHIPlower is better
Patrick Sandoval
1.171.52
now 1.38
1.44
Tomoyuki Sugano
1.171.52
now 1.25
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Patrick Sandoval
4043.40
now 5
0
Tomoyuki Sugano
4043.40
now 31
0
Winshigher is better
Patrick Sandoval
.0005.60
now 0
0–0
Tomoyuki Sugano
.0005.60
now 4
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellPatrick Sandoval — sell.conf 0.81
SellTomoyuki Sugano — sell.conf 0.90
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