MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald
SF · P
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Portrait of Troy Melton
Troy Melton
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Troy Melton.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Troy Melton wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Trevor McDonald wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Trevor McDonald
94.0
Troy Melton
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Trevor McDonald
9.5%
Troy Melton
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Trevor McDonald
18.4%
Troy Melton
20.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Trevor McDonald
29.3%
Troy Melton
32.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Trevor McDonald
37.8%
Troy Melton
37.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Trevor McDonald
4.1%
Troy Melton
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Trevor McDonald
.311
Troy Melton
.297
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
Trevor McDonald
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.34
4.06
Troy Melton
25.51
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.42
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Trevor McDonald
.9001.51
now 1.07
1.35
Troy Melton
.9001.51
now 0.95
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Trevor McDonald
4036.20
now 27
12
Troy Melton
4036.20
now 4
4
Winshigher is better
Trevor McDonald
.5202.48
now 2
11
Troy Melton
.5202.48
now 1
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyTrevor McDonald — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighTroy Melton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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