MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
Change to
David Morgan
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

David Morgan.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

David Morgan wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Bryan King wins 1 (SV).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
David Morgan
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
8.9%
David Morgan
16.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
18.1%
David Morgan
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
30.5%
David Morgan
36.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
35.9%
David Morgan
27.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.6%
David Morgan
1.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.316
David Morgan
.284
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 King
26.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.72
David Morgan
26.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.28
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
.9802.15
now 1.30
1.25
David Morgan
.9802.15
now 1.89
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4025.60
now 19
16
David Morgan
4025.60
now 17
20
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.0004.20
now 0
00
David Morgan
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
36
David Morgan
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBryan King — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowDavid Morgan — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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