MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
Change to
Seth Johnson
ATH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Seth Johnson.

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

Seth Johnson 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
Seth Johnson
97.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
9.0%
Seth Johnson
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Seth Johnson
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.0%
Seth Johnson
22.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.2%
Seth Johnson
35.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.4%
Seth Johnson
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.311
Seth Johnson
.315
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
26.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.92
Seth Johnson
26.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.79
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
1.051.90
now 1.30
1.35
Seth Johnson
1.051.90
now 1.71
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4024.60
now 19
14
Seth Johnson
4024.60
now 6
18
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
00
Seth Johnson
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Seth Johnson
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowSeth Johnson — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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