MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 10, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · P
Change to
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Andrew Abbott wins 2 (ERA, W); Jake Irvin wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.6
Jake Irvin
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.7%
Jake Irvin
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.5%
Jake Irvin
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
29.0%
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
39.3%
Jake Irvin
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.7%
Jake Irvin
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.337
Jake Irvin
.349
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
Andrew Abbott
3.545.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.56
Jake Irvin
3.545.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.82
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.261.51
now 1.44
1.41
Jake Irvin
1.261.51
now 1.35
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4065.80
now 42
45
Jake Irvin
4065.80
now 58
59
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.4007.60
now 4
36
Jake Irvin
.4007.60
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Abbott — sell.conf 0.76
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.88
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