MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Bryan Baker
Bryan Baker
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant Taylor.

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

Grant Taylor wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryan Baker wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan Baker
97.1
Grant Taylor
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
16.3%
Grant Taylor
14.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
29.3%
Grant Taylor
33.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
36.1%
Grant Taylor
34.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
31.0%
Grant Taylor
40.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
5.7%
Grant Taylor
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan Baker
.246
Grant Taylor
.241
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
Bryan Baker
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.22
3.65
Grant Taylor
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
2.39
WHIPlower is better
Bryan Baker
11.31
now 1.07
1.24
Grant Taylor
11.31
now 1.11
1.16

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan Baker
4052
now 29
24
Grant Taylor
4052
now 44
35
Winshigher is better
Bryan Baker
.0001.48
now 1
11
Grant Taylor
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Bryan Baker
.00023.80
now 16
917
Grant Taylor
.00023.80
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBryan Baker — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
BuyGrant Taylor — buy.conf 0.92
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