MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
Change to
Ryan Gusto
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Gusto.

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

Ryan Gusto 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
Ryan Gusto
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
9.0%
Ryan Gusto
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Ryan Gusto
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.0%
Ryan Gusto
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.2%
Ryan Gusto
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.4%
Ryan Gusto
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.311
Ryan Gusto
.331
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
3.93
Ryan Gusto
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.071.84
now 1.30
1.35
Ryan Gusto
1.071.84
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4027.80
now 19
14
Ryan Gusto
4027.80
now 4
21
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
00
Ryan Gusto
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Ryan Gusto
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeRyan Gusto — hold.conf 0.55
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