MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
Change to
Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Alex Vesia.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Alex Vesia wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Pierce Johnson wins 1 (W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
91.8
Pierce Johnson
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
17.8%
Pierce Johnson
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.8%
Pierce Johnson
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
33.5%
Pierce Johnson
33.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
35.6%
Pierce Johnson
40.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
5.5%
Pierce Johnson
12.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.258
Pierce Johnson
.370
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
Alex Vesia
24.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.70
Pierce Johnson
24.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24
Pierce Johnson
.9001.36
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4033.60
now 28
24
Pierce Johnson
4033.60
now 20
21
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0004.20
now 1
01
Pierce Johnson
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0004.40
now 2
13
Pierce Johnson
.0004.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAlex Vesia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPierce Johnson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.84
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