MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ranger Suarez
Ranger Suarez
BOS · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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

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

Troy Melton wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Ranger Suarez wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ranger Suarez
91.7
Troy Melton
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ranger Suarez
11.1%
Troy Melton
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ranger Suarez
25.8%
Troy Melton
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ranger Suarez
32.1%
Troy Melton
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ranger Suarez
31.1%
Troy Melton
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ranger Suarez
5.2%
Troy Melton
5.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ranger Suarez
.283
Troy Melton
.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
Ranger Suarez
24.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.38
3.28
Troy Melton
24.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.00
WHIPlower is better
Ranger Suarez
.9001.36
now 1.16
1.24
Troy Melton
.9001.36
now 0.95
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ranger Suarez
4078.20
now 57
51
Troy Melton
4078.20
now 4
13
Winshigher is better
Ranger Suarez
.0006.60
now 2
13
Troy Melton
.0006.60
now 1
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyRanger Suarez — buy.conf 0.85
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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