MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Cole Ragans
KC · P
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Portrait of Jack Flaherty
Jack Flaherty
DET · 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 — ERA and WHIP.

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

Cole Ragans wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Jack Flaherty 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
Cole Ragans
94.9
Jack Flaherty
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
14.4%
Jack Flaherty
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
29.8%
Jack Flaherty
26.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cole Ragans
27.9%
Jack Flaherty
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
39.8%
Jack Flaherty
46.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cole Ragans
15.7%
Jack Flaherty
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cole Ragans
.344
Jack Flaherty
.323
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
Cole Ragans
3.616.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.84
4.24
Jack Flaherty
3.616.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Cole Ragans
1.221.72
now 1.42
1.33
Jack Flaherty
1.221.72
now 1.61
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cole Ragans
4084.40
now 45
13
Jack Flaherty
4084.40
now 64
14
Winshigher is better
Cole Ragans
.0001.48
now 1
00
Jack Flaherty
.0001.48
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCole Ragans — hold.conf 0.50
SellJack Flaherty — sell.conf 0.65
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