MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Chris Roycroft
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of JoJo Romero
JoJo Romero
STL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Chris Roycroft.

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

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

Chris Roycroft wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); JoJo Romero wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
94.2
JoJo Romero
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
7.6%
JoJo Romero
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
15.5%
JoJo Romero
23.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Chris Roycroft
26.6%
JoJo Romero
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
43.5%
JoJo Romero
43.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
11.6%
JoJo Romero
8.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Chris Roycroft
.378
JoJo Romero
.337
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
Chris Roycroft
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.27
3.70
JoJo Romero
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.77
WHIPlower is better
Chris Roycroft
.9002.55
now 3.55
1.24
JoJo Romero
.9002.55
now 1.16
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
4033.80
now 3
11
JoJo Romero
4033.80
now 25
15
Winshigher is better
Chris Roycroft
.000.480
now 0
00
JoJo Romero
.000.480
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeChris Roycroft — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · wait & seeJoJo Romero — hold.conf 0.50
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