MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 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
97.0
Zack Wheeler
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paul Skenes
14.3%
Zack Wheeler
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paul Skenes
29.3%
Zack Wheeler
29.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paul Skenes
33.5%
Zack Wheeler
36.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paul Skenes
37.6%
Zack Wheeler
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paul Skenes
6.0%
Zack Wheeler
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paul Skenes
.259
Zack Wheeler
.257
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
2.023.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.89
2.74
Zack Wheeler
2.023.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.27
2.70
WHIPlower is better
Paul Skenes
.9001.20
now 0.86
1.10
Zack Wheeler
.9001.20
now 0.85
1.08

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paul Skenes
4093.20
now 75
78
Zack Wheeler
4093.20
now 40
55
Winshigher is better
Paul Skenes
211
now 6
49
Zack Wheeler
211
now 4
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyPaul Skenes — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighZack Wheeler — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
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