MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
PJ Poulin
WSH · P
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Portrait of Will Vest
Will Vest
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Will Vest.

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

Will Vest wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); PJ Poulin wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
PJ Poulin
90.1
Will Vest
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
PJ Poulin
6.8%
Will Vest
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
PJ Poulin
16.3%
Will Vest
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
PJ Poulin
23.7%
Will Vest
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
PJ Poulin
44.3%
Will Vest
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
PJ Poulin
9.4%
Will Vest
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
PJ Poulin
.353
Will Vest
.307
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.78
Will Vest
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
PJ Poulin
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.26
Will Vest
1.151.55
now 1.45
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
PJ Poulin
4025.60
now 18
15
Will Vest
4025.60
now 20
19
Winshigher is better
PJ Poulin
.2003.80
now 3
13
Will Vest
.2003.80
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
PJ Poulin
.0003.40
now 2
12
Will Vest
.0003.40
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowWill Vest — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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