MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
PJ Poulin
WSH · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trent Thornton.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins. PJ Poulin’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Trent Thornton wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); PJ Poulin wins 2 (K, SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
PJ Poulin
90.0
Trent Thornton
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
PJ Poulin
6.7%
Trent Thornton
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
PJ Poulin
15.1%
Trent Thornton
10.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
PJ Poulin
24.4%
Trent Thornton
25.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
PJ Poulin
51.2%
Trent Thornton
43.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
PJ Poulin
11.0%
Trent Thornton
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
PJ Poulin
.378
Trent Thornton
.350
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
PJ Poulin
24.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.82
Trent Thornton
24.56
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
PJ Poulin
.9001.69
now 1.46
1.27
Trent Thornton
.9001.69
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
PJ Poulin
4038.20
now 18
29
Trent Thornton
4038.20
now 6
24
Winshigher is better
PJ Poulin
.0009
now 3
36
Trent Thornton
.0009
now 2
37
Saveshigher is better
PJ Poulin
.0004.40
now 2
23
Trent Thornton
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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