MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Bryce Elder
Bryce Elder
ATL · P
Change to
Jared Jones
PIT · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jared Jones.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Jared Jones wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryce Elder wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryce Elder
92.4
Jared Jones
98.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
10.0%
Jared Jones
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
19.1%
Jared Jones
27.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryce Elder
27.6%
Jared Jones
30.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
39.9%
Jared Jones
39.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryce Elder
6.8%
Jared Jones
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryce Elder
.313
Jared Jones
.295
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
Bryce Elder
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.50
4.11
Jared Jones
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.38
3.62
WHIPlower is better
Bryce Elder
.9002.48
now 1.08
1.31
Jared Jones
.9002.48
now 2.08
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryce Elder
4083
now 61
11
Jared Jones
4083
now 6
13
Winshigher is better
Bryce Elder
.0005.60
now 4
01
Jared Jones
.0005.60
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryce Elder — hold.conf 0.60
BuyJared Jones — buy.conf 0.74
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