MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Adam Macko
Adam Macko
TEX · P
Change to
Josh Ekness
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Josh Ekness.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Josh Ekness wins 2 categories (K, SV); Adam Macko wins 1 (W); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adam Macko
94.5
Josh Ekness
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adam Macko
13.6%
Josh Ekness
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adam Macko
22.9%
Josh Ekness
15.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adam Macko
31.3%
Josh Ekness
22.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adam Macko
35.3%
Josh Ekness
34.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adam Macko
5.9%
Josh Ekness
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adam Macko
.326
Josh Ekness
.332
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
Adam Macko
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Josh Ekness
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Adam Macko
.9001.43
now 1.00
1.24
Josh Ekness
.9001.43
now 1.31
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adam Macko
4011.60
now 6
3
Josh Ekness
4011.60
now 5
4
Winshigher is better
Adam Macko
.0001.48
now 1
01
Josh Ekness
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Adam Macko
.0002.40
now 0
0
Josh Ekness
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAdam Macko — hold.conf 0.55
Sell HighJosh Ekness — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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