MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · P
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Portrait of Tyler Rogers
Tyler Rogers
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Rogers.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, 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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Trent Thornton
94.9
Tyler Rogers
83.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Trent Thornton
10.4%
Tyler Rogers
6.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Trent Thornton
12.0%
Tyler Rogers
12.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Trent Thornton
30.1%
Tyler Rogers
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Trent Thornton
45.4%
Tyler Rogers
25.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Trent Thornton
7.3%
Tyler Rogers
1.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Trent Thornton
.337
Tyler Rogers
.257
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
Trent Thornton
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
Tyler Rogers
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.36
2.71
WHIPlower is better
Trent Thornton
.9001.58
now 0.88
1.24
Tyler Rogers
.9001.58
now 1.13
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Trent Thornton
4021.60
now 6
9
Tyler Rogers
4021.60
now 16
10
Winshigher is better
Trent Thornton
.0004.20
now 2
13
Tyler Rogers
.0004.20
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Trent Thornton
.0003.40
now 0
0
Tyler Rogers
.0003.40
now 2
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighTyler Rogers — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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