MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Blas Castaño
Blas Castaño
COL · P
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Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Blas Castaño.

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

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

Blas Castaño wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Jalen Beeks wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Blas Castaño
94.5
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
9.0%
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
20.0%
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Blas Castaño
28.1%
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
50.0%
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Blas Castaño
10.0%
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Blas Castaño
.367
Jalen Beeks
.363
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Blas Castaño
3.225.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.70
Jalen Beeks
3.225.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Blas Castaño
1.161.53
now 1.45
1.24
Jalen Beeks
1.161.53
now 1.37
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Blas Castaño
4026.60
now 10
21
Jalen Beeks
4026.60
now 18
14
Winshigher is better
Blas Castaño
.0002.80
now 0
00
Jalen Beeks
.0002.80
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBlas Castaño — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
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