MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson
AZ · P
Change to
Portrait of Sam Moll
Sam Moll
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Thompson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and wins. Sam Moll’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryan Thompson wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Sam Moll wins 2 (K, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
91.0
Sam Moll
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
9.3%
Sam Moll
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
15.3%
Sam Moll
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
35.8%
Sam Moll
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
33.8%
Sam Moll
31.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
4.6%
Sam Moll
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
.312
Sam Moll
.322
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
Ryan Thompson
24.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
Sam Moll
24.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Ryan Thompson
11.32
now 1.17
1.24
Sam Moll
11.32
now 1.07
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
4031.60
now 12
12
Sam Moll
4031.60
now 26
18
Winshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sam Moll
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
.0002.40
now 0
0
Sam Moll
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRyan Thompson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSam Moll — hold.conf 0.50
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