MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · P
Change to
Shane Bieber
TOR · 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 (K, W); Shane Bieber wins 2 (ERA, 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
Shane Bieber
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.8%
Shane Bieber
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.7%
Shane Bieber
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
29.4%
Shane Bieber
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
38.5%
Shane Bieber
53.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.1%
Shane Bieber
11.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.329
Shane Bieber
.426
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
3.236.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.42
Shane Bieber
3.236.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.022.28
now 1.44
1.41
Shane Bieber
1.022.28
now 2.00
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4056.40
now 42
37
Shane Bieber
4056.40
now 6
36
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.0007
now 4
25
Shane Bieber
.0007
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Abbott — sell.conf 0.70
Hold · wait & seeShane Bieber — hold.conf 0.50
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