MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · 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

Anthony Kay 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
Anthony Kay
95.9
Jake Irvin
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.8%
Jake Irvin
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.1%
Jake Irvin
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.7%
Jake Irvin
24.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.0%
Jake Irvin
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
8.2%
Jake Irvin
10.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.342
Jake Irvin
.346
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
Anthony Kay
3.195.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.72
Jake Irvin
3.195.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.81
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.281.47
now 1.40
1.37
Jake Irvin
1.281.47
now 1.35
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4081.20
now 42
0
Jake Irvin
4081.20
now 58
0
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.0007
now 5
0–0
Jake Irvin
.0007
now 2
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.83
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.88
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