MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Trevor Rogers
Trevor Rogers
BAL · P
Change to
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Yusei Kikuchi.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Trevor Rogers’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Yusei Kikuchi wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Trevor Rogers wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Trevor Rogers
93.3
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Trevor Rogers
11.5%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Trevor Rogers
17.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Trevor Rogers
33.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Trevor Rogers
39.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Trevor Rogers
6.8%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Trevor Rogers
.319
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
Trevor Rogers
3.107.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.84
4.17
Yusei Kikuchi
3.107.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Trevor Rogers
1.201.69
now 1.56
1.37
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Trevor Rogers
4089
now 38
67
Yusei Kikuchi
4089
now 33
73
Winshigher is better
Trevor Rogers
.0005.60
now 2
24
Yusei Kikuchi
.0005.60
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyTrevor Rogers — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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