MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Taylor Rogers
Taylor Rogers
MIN · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Taylor Rogers.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and saves. Trent Thornton’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Taylor Rogers wins 2 categories (K, SV); Trent Thornton wins 1 (W); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Taylor Rogers
91.9
Trent Thornton
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Taylor Rogers
7.7%
Trent Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Taylor Rogers
19.0%
Trent Thornton
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Taylor Rogers
26.2%
Trent Thornton
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Taylor Rogers
26.4%
Trent Thornton
47.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Taylor Rogers
5.6%
Trent Thornton
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Taylor Rogers
.313
Trent Thornton
.348
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
Taylor Rogers
25.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
3.71
Trent Thornton
25.02
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Taylor Rogers
.9001.85
now 1.57
1.24
Trent Thornton
.9001.85
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Taylor Rogers
4022.60
now 17
15
Trent Thornton
4022.60
now 6
11
Winshigher is better
Taylor Rogers
.0005.60
now 1
01
Trent Thornton
.0005.60
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Taylor Rogers
.0004.40
now 2
13
Trent Thornton
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowTaylor Rogers — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.88
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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