MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Justin Slaten
Justin Slaten
BOS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Justin Slaten.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Justin Slaten wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryan King wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Justin Slaten
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
8.8%
Justin Slaten
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.7%
Justin Slaten
29.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
30.9%
Justin Slaten
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.3%
Justin Slaten
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.5%
Justin Slaten
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.314
Justin Slaten
.261
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
2.384.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.98
Justin Slaten
2.384.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.171.42
now 1.30
1.35
Justin Slaten
1.171.42
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4024.60
now 19
15
Justin Slaten
4024.60
now 14
17
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
00
Justin Slaten
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Justin Slaten
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowJustin Slaten — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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