MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
PIT · P
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Portrait of Zack Wheeler
Zack Wheeler
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zack Wheeler.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP.

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

Zack Wheeler wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Paul Skenes wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Paul Skenes
96.9
Zack Wheeler
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Skenes
14.2%
Zack Wheeler
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Skenes
28.3%
Zack Wheeler
29.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Skenes
32.5%
Zack Wheeler
35.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Skenes
38.2%
Zack Wheeler
35.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Skenes
6.9%
Zack Wheeler
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Skenes
.280
Zack Wheeler
.271
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
Paul Skenes
23.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
3.24
Zack Wheeler
23.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.27
3.03
WHIPlower is better
Paul Skenes
.9001.35
now 0.86
1.21
Zack Wheeler
.9001.35
now 0.85
1.16

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Skenes
40100.60
now 75
15
Zack Wheeler
40100.60
now 40
11
Winshigher is better
Paul Skenes
.0008
now 6
12
Zack Wheeler
.0008
now 4
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.86
BuyZack Wheeler — buy.conf 0.92
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