MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 16, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of José Fermin
José Fermin
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

José Fermin.

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

José Fermin wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Bryan King wins 1 (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
José Fermin
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
8.8%
José Fermin
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
José Fermin
25.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.5%
José Fermin
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
35.9%
José Fermin
45.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
4.6%
José Fermin
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.312
José Fermin
.317
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
26.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.72
José Fermin
26.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.071.84
now 1.30
1.25
José Fermin
1.071.84
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4029.60
now 19
21
José Fermin
4029.60
now 18
24
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.0005.60
now 0
00
José Fermin
.0005.60
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0009.80
now 6
47
José Fermin
.0009.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBryan King — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJosé Fermin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.94
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