MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Tanner Bibee
Tanner Bibee
CLE · P
Change to
Zac Thornton
NYM · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Tanner Bibee wins 1 (ERA); Zac Thornton wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Tanner Bibee
94.0
Zac Thornton
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Tanner Bibee
11.0%
Zac Thornton
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Tanner Bibee
18.8%
Zac Thornton
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Tanner Bibee
27.5%
Zac Thornton
32.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Tanner Bibee
39.4%
Zac Thornton
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Tanner Bibee
8.1%
Zac Thornton
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Tanner Bibee
.318
Zac Thornton
.325
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
Tanner Bibee
44.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
4.22
Zac Thornton
44.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.36
WHIPlower is better
Tanner Bibee
1.091.37
now 1.30
1.27
Zac Thornton
1.091.37
now 1.16
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Tanner Bibee
4084
now 60
0
Zac Thornton
4084
now 10
0
Winshigher is better
Tanner Bibee
.000.480
now 0
0–0
Zac Thornton
.000.480
now 0
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellTanner Bibee — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighZac Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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