MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 24, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · P
Change to
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Irvin.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Jake Irvin wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Anthony Kay wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Jake Irvin
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.0%
Jake Irvin
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.2%
Jake Irvin
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.4%
Jake Irvin
25.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.3%
Jake Irvin
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
9.2%
Jake Irvin
12.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.353
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
Anthony Kay
3.195.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.86
Jake Irvin
3.195.81
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
4.77
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.261.47
now 1.40
1.38
Jake Irvin
1.261.47
now 1.35
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4088.20
now 42
59
Jake Irvin
4088.20
now 58
75
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.00013.20
now 5
410
Jake Irvin
.00013.20
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.90
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.86
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