MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 15, 2026
Portrait of Ryne Stanek
Ryne Stanek
STL · P
Change to
Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ryne Stanek wins 2 (K, SV); Trent Thornton wins 2 (WHIP, W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ryne Stanek
98.2
Trent Thornton
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ryne Stanek
14.5%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ryne Stanek
24.5%
Trent Thornton
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ryne Stanek
29.9%
Trent Thornton
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ryne Stanek
34.0%
Trent Thornton
45.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ryne Stanek
8.0%
Trent Thornton
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ryne Stanek
.312
Trent Thornton
.343
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 Stanek
26.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.56
3.71
Trent Thornton
26.99
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Ryne Stanek
.9002.11
now 1.76
1.25
Trent Thornton
.9002.11
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ryne Stanek
4039.60
now 30
30
Trent Thornton
4039.60
now 6
15
Winshigher is better
Ryne Stanek
.0006.60
now 1
11
Trent Thornton
.0006.60
now 2
25
Saveshigher is better
Ryne Stanek
.0003.40
now 1
02
Trent Thornton
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeRyne Stanek — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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