MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Ryne Nelson
Ryne Nelson
AZ · P
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Portrait of Zack Littell
Zack Littell
WSH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryne Nelson.

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

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

Ryne Nelson wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Zack Littell wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ryne Nelson
96.3
Zack Littell
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryne Nelson
11.4%
Zack Littell
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryne Nelson
17.5%
Zack Littell
15.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryne Nelson
34.1%
Zack Littell
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryne Nelson
43.4%
Zack Littell
44.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryne Nelson
10.2%
Zack Littell
10.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryne Nelson
.349
Zack Littell
.373
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
Ryne Nelson
4.585.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.82
4.84
Zack Littell
4.585.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
5.41
WHIPlower is better
Ryne Nelson
1.121.44
now 1.19
1.28
Zack Littell
1.121.44
now 1.37
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryne Nelson
4062
now 52
36
Zack Littell
4062
now 35
27
Winshigher is better
Ryne Nelson
.0006.60
now 2
12
Zack Littell
.0006.60
now 5
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellRyne Nelson — sell.conf 0.89
Sell HighZack Littell — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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