MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Clay Holmes
NYM · P
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Portrait of Kevin Gausman
Kevin Gausman
TOR · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Clay Holmes wins 2 (ERA, W); Kevin Gausman wins 2 (K, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Clay Holmes
94.6
Kevin Gausman
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Clay Holmes
10.4%
Kevin Gausman
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Clay Holmes
20.9%
Kevin Gausman
23.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Clay Holmes
32.9%
Kevin Gausman
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Clay Holmes
44.0%
Kevin Gausman
39.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Clay Holmes
5.3%
Kevin Gausman
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Clay Holmes
.306
Kevin Gausman
.310
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
Clay Holmes
24.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.39
3.91
Kevin Gausman
24.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.13
4.02
WHIPlower is better
Clay Holmes
.9901.43
now 1.10
1.33
Kevin Gausman
.9901.43
now 1.09
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Clay Holmes
4074.40
now 45
46
Kevin Gausman
4074.40
now 66
53
Winshigher is better
Clay Holmes
.4007.60
now 4
36
Kevin Gausman
.4007.60
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighClay Holmes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · steadyKevin Gausman — hold.conf 0.60
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