MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
LAD · P
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Portrait of Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trevor McDonald.

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

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

Trevor McDonald wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Roki Sasaki wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Roki Sasaki
97.8
Trevor McDonald
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Roki Sasaki
14.8%
Trevor McDonald
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Roki Sasaki
23.6%
Trevor McDonald
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Roki Sasaki
32.3%
Trevor McDonald
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Roki Sasaki
43.9%
Trevor McDonald
37.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Roki Sasaki
11.4%
Trevor McDonald
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Roki Sasaki
.321
Trevor McDonald
.312
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
Roki Sasaki
3.874.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.26
Trevor McDonald
3.874.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Roki Sasaki
.9601.46
now 1.35
1.31
Trevor McDonald
.9601.46
now 1.07
1.35

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Roki Sasaki
4059.20
now 50
43
Trevor McDonald
4059.20
now 27
44
Winshigher is better
Roki Sasaki
1.204.80
now 3
24
Trevor McDonald
1.204.80
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellRoki Sasaki — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · steadyTrevor McDonald — hold.conf 0.60
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