MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Griffin Jax
Griffin Jax
TB · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Griffin Jax.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, 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

Griffin Jax wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Bryan King wins 2 (ERA, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Griffin Jax
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
9.0%
Griffin Jax
15.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Griffin Jax
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.0%
Griffin Jax
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.2%
Griffin Jax
39.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.4%
Griffin Jax
9.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.311
Griffin Jax
.323
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
2.075.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.92
Griffin Jax
2.075.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.76
4.15
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.161.56
now 1.30
1.35
Griffin Jax
1.161.56
now 1.47
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4039.20
now 19
14
Griffin Jax
4039.20
now 32
20
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.0001.48
now 0
00
Griffin Jax
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Griffin Jax
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellGriffin Jax — hold.conf 0.60
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