MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Kilian
Caleb Kilian
SF · P
Change to
Portrait of Jason Adam
Jason Adam
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Caleb Kilian.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Caleb Kilian wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Jason Adam wins 2 (WHIP, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
96.8
Jason Adam
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
13.6%
Jason Adam
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
27.1%
Jason Adam
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Kilian
32.2%
Jason Adam
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
34.8%
Jason Adam
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
7.1%
Jason Adam
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Kilian
.283
Jason Adam
.288
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
Caleb Kilian
24.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.81
3.68
Jason Adam
24.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.90
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Caleb Kilian
.9001.35
now 1.15
1.25
Jason Adam
.9001.35
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
4036.20
now 29
18
Jason Adam
4036.20
now 11
13
Winshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
.2003.80
now 2
12
Jason Adam
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Kilian
.0004.40
now 3
13
Jason Adam
.0004.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Kilian — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJason Adam — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
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