MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson
AZ · P
Change to
Portrait of Tejay Antone
Tejay Antone
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tejay Antone.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Ryan Thompson’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Tejay Antone wins 2 categories (K, SV); Ryan Thompson wins 1 (W); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
91.0
Tejay Antone
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
8.7%
Tejay Antone
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
16.0%
Tejay Antone
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryan Thompson
34.2%
Tejay Antone
34.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
35.4%
Tejay Antone
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
4.0%
Tejay Antone
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryan Thompson
.300
Tejay Antone
.289
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
26.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
Tejay Antone
26.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.19
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ryan Thompson
1.081.31
now 1.17
1.24
Tejay Antone
1.081.31
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
4028
now 12
17
Tejay Antone
4028
now 7
22
Winshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
.0005.60
now 2
14
Tejay Antone
.0005.60
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Ryan Thompson
.0005.60
now 0
0
Tejay Antone
.0005.60
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRyan Thompson — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTejay Antone — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
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