MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Jalen Beeks
Jalen Beeks
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jalen Beeks.

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

Jalen Beeks wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Bryan King wins 2 (K, 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
Jalen Beeks
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
9.0%
Jalen Beeks
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Jalen Beeks
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.0%
Jalen Beeks
28.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.2%
Jalen Beeks
42.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.4%
Jalen Beeks
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.311
Jalen Beeks
.363
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
2.414.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.92
Jalen Beeks
2.414.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.76
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.171.44
now 1.30
1.35
Jalen Beeks
1.171.44
now 1.37
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4024.60
now 19
14
Jalen Beeks
4024.60
now 18
12
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.0002.80
now 0
00
Jalen Beeks
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Jalen Beeks
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeJalen Beeks — hold.conf 0.50
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