MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Painter
Andrew Painter
PHI · P
Change to
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Andrew Painter.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Jake Irvin’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Andrew Painter wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Jake Irvin wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Painter
96.5
Jake Irvin
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
12.1%
Jake Irvin
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
20.1%
Jake Irvin
22.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
34.4%
Jake Irvin
24.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
35.7%
Jake Irvin
45.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
8.5%
Jake Irvin
10.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Painter
.327
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 Painter
3.846.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
4.38
Jake Irvin
3.846.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.89
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Painter
1.281.59
now 1.52
1.37
Jake Irvin
1.281.59
now 1.35
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Painter
4077.60
now 43
9
Jake Irvin
4077.60
now 58
13
Winshigher is better
Andrew Painter
.0002.80
now 1
00
Jake Irvin
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Painter — sell.conf 0.68
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.90
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