MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 17, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
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Portrait of Grant Holmes
Grant Holmes
ATL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Ragans.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Grant Holmes’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Cole Ragans wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Grant Holmes wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cole Ragans
94.9
Grant Holmes
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Grant Holmes
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Grant Holmes
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Grant Holmes
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Grant Holmes
43.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Grant Holmes
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Grant Holmes
.329
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
Cole Ragans
3.595.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.23
Grant Holmes
3.595.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.95
4.39
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.261.49
now 1.42
1.33
Grant Holmes
1.261.49
now 1.33
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4068.80
now 45
62
Grant Holmes
4068.80
now 53
56
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0005.20
now 1
12
Grant Holmes
.0005.20
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighGrant Holmes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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