MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Chris Murphy
CWS · P
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Portrait of Drew Anderson
Drew Anderson
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Murphy.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Chris Murphy wins 3 categories (WHIP, W, SV); Drew Anderson wins 2 (K, ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Murphy
96.3
Drew Anderson
95.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
15.7%
Drew Anderson
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
21.6%
Drew Anderson
28.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Murphy
29.2%
Drew Anderson
34.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
34.8%
Drew Anderson
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Murphy
7.6%
Drew Anderson
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Murphy
.304
Drew Anderson
.284
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
Chris Murphy
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.59
3.70
Drew Anderson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.03
3.34
WHIPlower is better
Chris Murphy
.9002.55
now 2.32
1.24
Drew Anderson
.9002.55
now 1.26
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Murphy
4062
now 6
14
Drew Anderson
4062
now 46
29
Winshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0005.20
now 1
14
Drew Anderson
.0005.20
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Chris Murphy
.0005.40
now 1
14
Drew Anderson
.0005.40
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Murphy — hold.conf 0.50
BuyDrew Anderson — buy.conf 0.83
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