MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen
TB · P
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Portrait of Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Drew Rasmussen.

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

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

Drew Rasmussen wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Jacob deGrom wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
96.0
Jacob deGrom
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
12.2%
Jacob deGrom
17.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
25.0%
Jacob deGrom
30.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
33.0%
Jacob deGrom
34.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
33.8%
Jacob deGrom
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
6.6%
Jacob deGrom
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
.282
Jacob deGrom
.291
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 Rasmussen
3.073.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.36
3.29
Jacob deGrom
3.073.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.51
WHIPlower is better
Drew Rasmussen
.9401.16
now 1.02
1.08
Jacob deGrom
.9401.16
now 1.01
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
4090
now 55
48
Jacob deGrom
4090
now 78
66
Winshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
.8006.20
now 4
25
Jacob deGrom
.8006.20
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDrew Rasmussen — buy.conf 0.84
BuyJacob deGrom — buy.conf 0.78
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