MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
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Portrait of Keegan Akin
Keegan Akin
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Keegan Akin.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Keegan Akin
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
8.8%
Keegan Akin
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.7%
Keegan Akin
14.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
30.9%
Keegan Akin
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.3%
Keegan Akin
28.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.5%
Keegan Akin
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.314
Keegan Akin
.298
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.98
Keegan Akin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.88
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
12.07
now 1.30
1.35
Keegan Akin
12.07
now 1.83
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4024.60
now 19
15
Keegan Akin
4024.60
now 12
17
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
00
Keegan Akin
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Keegan Akin
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeKeegan Akin — hold.conf 0.50
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