MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 31, 2026
Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · P
Change to
Victor Vodnik
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Rico Garcia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Rico Garcia wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Victor Vodnik wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Rico Garcia
95.3
Victor Vodnik
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Rico Garcia
17.1%
Victor Vodnik
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Rico Garcia
27.2%
Victor Vodnik
15.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Rico Garcia
27.6%
Victor Vodnik
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Rico Garcia
37.1%
Victor Vodnik
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Rico Garcia
7.8%
Victor Vodnik
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Rico Garcia
.276
Victor Vodnik
.327
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
Rico Garcia
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.67
Victor Vodnik
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Rico Garcia
.9002.55
now 0.63
1.24
Victor Vodnik
.9002.55
now 2.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Rico Garcia
4033.60
now 28
17
Victor Vodnik
4033.60
now 16
17
Winshigher is better
Rico Garcia
.2003.80
now 3
13
Victor Vodnik
.2003.80
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Rico Garcia
.0006.60
now 3
13
Victor Vodnik
.0006.60
now 4
35
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRico Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeVictor Vodnik — hold.conf 0.55
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