MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Paxton Schultz
Paxton Schultz
WSH · P
Change to
Samy Natera Jr.
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Samy Natera Jr..

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Samy Natera Jr. wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Paxton Schultz wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Paxton Schultz
93.6
Samy Natera Jr.
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Paxton Schultz
8.4%
Samy Natera Jr.
16.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Paxton Schultz
21.7%
Samy Natera Jr.
37.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Paxton Schultz
26.0%
Samy Natera Jr.
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Paxton Schultz
37.4%
Samy Natera Jr.
32.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Paxton Schultz
9.1%
Samy Natera Jr.
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Paxton Schultz
.335
Samy Natera Jr.
.217
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
Paxton Schultz
26.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.72
Samy Natera Jr.
26.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Paxton Schultz
.9001.70
now 1.36
1.24
Samy Natera Jr.
.9001.70
now 0.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Paxton Schultz
4038
now 24
22
Samy Natera Jr.
4038
now 3
28
Winshigher is better
Paxton Schultz
.000.480
now 0
00
Samy Natera Jr.
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Paxton Schultz
.0003.40
now 1
02
Samy Natera Jr.
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seePaxton Schultz — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeSamy Natera Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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