MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
Change to
JR Ritchie
ATL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

JR Ritchie.

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

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

JR Ritchie wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Adrian Houser wins 1 (WHIP); 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
JR Ritchie
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.5%
JR Ritchie
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.5%
JR Ritchie
20.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.2%
JR Ritchie
25.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
41.0%
JR Ritchie
37.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.0%
JR Ritchie
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.345
JR Ritchie
.328
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
Adrian Houser
3.916.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.75
JR Ritchie
3.916.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.56
4.39
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.311.63
now 1.56
1.38
JR Ritchie
1.311.63
now 1.44
1.49

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4046.20
now 35
35
JR Ritchie
4046.20
now 21
39
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.2003.80
now 2
13
JR Ritchie
.2003.80
now 1
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.85
SellJR Ritchie — sell.conf 0.69
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