MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Robbie Ray
Robbie Ray
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
LAD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Robbie Ray wins 1 (K); Roki Sasaki wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Robbie Ray
93.3
Roki Sasaki
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Robbie Ray
11.9%
Roki Sasaki
14.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Robbie Ray
20.7%
Roki Sasaki
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Robbie Ray
28.7%
Roki Sasaki
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Robbie Ray
39.1%
Roki Sasaki
45.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Robbie Ray
9.6%
Roki Sasaki
11.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Robbie Ray
.331
Roki Sasaki
.331
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Robbie Ray
4.194.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.45
4.41
Roki Sasaki
4.194.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.41
WHIPlower is better
Robbie Ray
1.271.47
now 1.40
1.37
Roki Sasaki
1.271.47
now 1.35
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Robbie Ray
4089.20
now 59
78
Roki Sasaki
4089.20
now 50
65
Winshigher is better
Robbie Ray
.4007.60
now 3
25
Roki Sasaki
.4007.60
now 3
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighRobbie Ray — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
SellRoki Sasaki — sell.conf 0.69
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