MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA · P
Change to
Zac Thornton
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Zac Thornton.

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

Zac Thornton wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Yusei Kikuchi 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
Yusei Kikuchi
95.4
Zac Thornton
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Yusei Kikuchi
12.5%
Zac Thornton
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Yusei Kikuchi
23.2%
Zac Thornton
19.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Yusei Kikuchi
27.4%
Zac Thornton
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Yusei Kikuchi
42.6%
Zac Thornton
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Yusei Kikuchi
8.5%
Zac Thornton
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Yusei Kikuchi
.340
Zac Thornton
.317
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
Yusei Kikuchi
3.426.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.18
Zac Thornton
3.426.49
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Yusei Kikuchi
.9901.75
now 1.58
1.31
Zac Thornton
.9901.75
now 1.16
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Yusei Kikuchi
4061.80
now 33
47
Zac Thornton
4061.80
now 10
41
Winshigher is better
Yusei Kikuchi
.000.480
now 0
00
Zac Thornton
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeYusei Kikuchi — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighZac Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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