MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 28, 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 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Andrew Abbott wins 1 (ERA); Jake Irvin wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.4
Jake Irvin
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.3%
Jake Irvin
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.0%
Jake Irvin
23.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
29.0%
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
38.7%
Jake Irvin
44.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
8.1%
Jake Irvin
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.338
Jake Irvin
.351
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
4.63
Jake Irvin
3.545.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.93
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.281.51
now 1.44
1.42
Jake Irvin
1.281.51
now 1.35
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4081.20
now 42
0
Jake Irvin
4081.20
now 58
0
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.0005.60
now 4
0–0
Jake Irvin
.0005.60
now 2
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Abbott — sell.conf 0.80
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.90
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