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

Ryan Zeferjahn.

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

Ryan Zeferjahn wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); 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
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
8.8%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Ryan Zeferjahn
31.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.5%
Ryan Zeferjahn
23.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
35.9%
Ryan Zeferjahn
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
4.6%
Ryan Zeferjahn
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.312
Ryan Zeferjahn
.282
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
26.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.72
Ryan Zeferjahn
26.90
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.181.46
now 1.30
1.25
Ryan Zeferjahn
1.181.46
now 1.39
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4037.60
now 19
21
Ryan Zeferjahn
4037.60
now 32
27
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.0004.20
now 0
00
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0009.80
now 6
47
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0009.80
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBryan King — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Zeferjahn — hold.conf 0.50
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