MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 15, 2026
Portrait of Craig Kimbrel
Craig Kimbrel
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

John King.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 3 categories (ERA, W, SV); Craig Kimbrel wins 1 (K); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Craig Kimbrel
93.7
John King
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Craig Kimbrel
12.4%
John King
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Craig Kimbrel
22.0%
John King
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Craig Kimbrel
28.7%
John King
34.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Craig Kimbrel
37.5%
John King
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Craig Kimbrel
3.8%
John King
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Craig Kimbrel
.326
John King
.283
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
Craig Kimbrel
26.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.63
3.70
John King
26.87
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Craig Kimbrel
.9001.73
now 1.44
1.24
John King
.9001.73
now 0.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Craig Kimbrel
4039.80
now 17
33
John King
4039.80
now 20
16
Winshigher is better
Craig Kimbrel
.0001.48
now 0
00
John King
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Craig Kimbrel
.0003.40
now 0
0
John King
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCraig Kimbrel — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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