MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Brandyn Garcia
Brandyn Garcia
AZ · P
Change to
Jacob Waguespack
DET · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Waguespack.

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

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

Jacob Waguespack wins 1 categories (K); Brandyn Garcia wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
97.2
Jacob Waguespack
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
11.3%
Jacob Waguespack
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
30.5%
Jacob Waguespack
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
28.9%
Jacob Waguespack
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
32.8%
Jacob Waguespack
32.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
3.1%
Jacob Waguespack
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
.212
Jacob Waguespack
.251
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
Brandyn Garcia
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.75
3.70
Jacob Waguespack
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brandyn Garcia
.9002.47
now 0.83
1.24
Jacob Waguespack
.9002.47
now 2.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
4019.60
now 11
13
Jacob Waguespack
4019.60
now 1
14
Winshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
.000.480
now 0
00
Jacob Waguespack
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandyn Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJacob Waguespack — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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