MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Patrick Sandoval
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Zac Gallen
Zac Gallen
AZ · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Patrick Sandoval wins 2 (K, ERA); Zac Gallen wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Patrick Sandoval
93.6
Zac Gallen
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Patrick Sandoval
11.9%
Zac Gallen
8.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Patrick Sandoval
22.5%
Zac Gallen
13.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Patrick Sandoval
27.1%
Zac Gallen
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Patrick Sandoval
35.7%
Zac Gallen
44.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Patrick Sandoval
6.5%
Zac Gallen
11.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Patrick Sandoval
.349
Zac Gallen
.390
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
27.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
4.85
Zac Gallen
27.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
5.89
WHIPlower is better
Patrick Sandoval
1.311.54
now 1.38
1.46
Zac Gallen
1.311.54
now 1.47
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Patrick Sandoval
4056.80
now 5
11
Zac Gallen
4056.80
now 42
10
Winshigher is better
Patrick Sandoval
.0004.20
now 0
00
Zac Gallen
.0004.20
now 3
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellPatrick Sandoval — sell.conf 0.90
SellZac Gallen — sell.conf 0.90
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