MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Samy Natera Jr.
LAA · P
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Portrait of Tejay Antone
Tejay Antone
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Samy Natera Jr. wins 1 (K); Tejay Antone wins 1 (SV); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Samy Natera Jr.
94.6
Tejay Antone
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Samy Natera Jr.
16.3%
Tejay Antone
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Samy Natera Jr.
37.5%
Tejay Antone
21.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Samy Natera Jr.
25.9%
Tejay Antone
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Samy Natera Jr.
32.5%
Tejay Antone
34.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Samy Natera Jr.
5.0%
Tejay Antone
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Samy Natera Jr.
.217
Tejay Antone
.279
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
Samy Natera Jr.
27.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Tejay Antone
27.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.19
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Samy Natera Jr.
.9001.54
now 0.50
1.24
Tejay Antone
.9001.54
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Samy Natera Jr.
4038
now 3
28
Tejay Antone
4038
now 7
15
Winshigher is better
Samy Natera Jr.
.000.480
now 0
00
Tejay Antone
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Samy Natera Jr.
.0004.40
now 0
0
Tejay Antone
.0004.40
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeSamy Natera Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTejay Antone — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.94
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