MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Brent Suter
Brent Suter
LAA · P
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Portrait of Jake Bird
Jake Bird
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jake Bird.

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

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

Jake Bird wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Brent Suter 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
Brent Suter
87.1
Jake Bird
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brent Suter
10.7%
Jake Bird
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brent Suter
20.2%
Jake Bird
25.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brent Suter
30.3%
Jake Bird
23.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brent Suter
30.1%
Jake Bird
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brent Suter
5.6%
Jake Bird
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brent Suter
.307
Jake Bird
.334
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
Brent Suter
3.185.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.72
Jake Bird
3.185.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Brent Suter
1.171.40
now 1.27
1.25
Jake Bird
1.171.40
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brent Suter
4033.60
now 28
28
Jake Bird
4033.60
now 20
25
Winshigher is better
Brent Suter
.5202.48
now 1
12
Jake Bird
.5202.48
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrent Suter — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJake Bird — hold.conf 0.50
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