MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
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Portrait of Jameson Taillon
Jameson Taillon
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jameson Taillon.

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

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

Jameson Taillon wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Adrian Houser wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.5
Jameson Taillon
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.4%
Jameson Taillon
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.2%
Jameson Taillon
20.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.7%
Jameson Taillon
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
42.0%
Jameson Taillon
39.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.4%
Jameson Taillon
15.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.348
Jameson Taillon
.371
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
Adrian Houser
4.505.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.81
Jameson Taillon
4.505.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.37
5.35
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.171.67
now 1.56
1.37
Jameson Taillon
1.171.67
now 1.28
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4061.40
now 35
25
Jameson Taillon
4061.40
now 51
34
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jameson Taillon
.5202.48
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.88
SellJameson Taillon — sell.conf 0.90
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