MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Sam Moll
Sam Moll
CIN · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Trent Thornton.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Sam Moll
92.5
Trent Thornton
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Sam Moll
10.3%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Sam Moll
24.6%
Trent Thornton
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Sam Moll
26.2%
Trent Thornton
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Sam Moll
31.0%
Trent Thornton
47.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Sam Moll
6.0%
Trent Thornton
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Sam Moll
.326
Trent Thornton
.348
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Sam Moll
24.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.74
Trent Thornton
24.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Sam Moll
.9001.40
now 1.07
1.25
Trent Thornton
.9001.40
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Sam Moll
4034
now 26
17
Trent Thornton
4034
now 6
11
Winshigher is better
Sam Moll
.0005.60
now 1
01
Trent Thornton
.0005.60
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Sam Moll
.0002.40
now 1
01
Trent Thornton
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeSam Moll — 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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