MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Tyler Mahle
Tyler Mahle
SF · P
Change to
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Mahle.

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

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Tyler Mahle
92.5
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Tyler Mahle
9.7%
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Tyler Mahle
21.4%
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Tyler Mahle
29.0%
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Tyler Mahle
35.9%
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Tyler Mahle
7.3%
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Tyler Mahle
.318
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
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
Tyler Mahle
3.446.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.04
4.19
Yusei Kikuchi
3.446.78
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
WHIPlower is better
Tyler Mahle
1.201.69
now 1.54
1.39
Yusei Kikuchi
1.201.69
now 1.58
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Tyler Mahle
4066.60
now 57
49
Yusei Kikuchi
4066.60
now 33
43
Winshigher is better
Tyler Mahle
.0001.48
now 1
11
Yusei Kikuchi
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowTyler Mahle — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
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