MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 20, 2026
Portrait of Drew Anderson
Drew Anderson
DET · P
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Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant Taylor.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Grant Taylor wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Drew Anderson wins 1 (ERA); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Anderson
95.7
Grant Taylor
98.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
14.8%
Grant Taylor
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
28.8%
Grant Taylor
33.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Anderson
35.1%
Grant Taylor
34.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Anderson
40.5%
Grant Taylor
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Anderson
8.1%
Grant Taylor
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Anderson
.280
Grant Taylor
.243
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
Drew Anderson
24.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.03
3.23
Grant Taylor
24.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
3.59
WHIPlower is better
Drew Anderson
1.041.33
now 1.26
1.25
Grant Taylor
1.041.33
now 1.11
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Anderson
4052.80
now 46
29
Grant Taylor
4052.80
now 44
35
Winshigher is better
Drew Anderson
.0002.80
now 2
12
Grant Taylor
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Drew Anderson
.0003.40
now 2
12
Grant Taylor
.0003.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDrew Anderson — buy.conf 0.86
Hold · wait & seeGrant Taylor — hold.conf 0.50
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