MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
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Portrait of Jack Flaherty
Jack Flaherty
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

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

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

Dustin May wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Jack Flaherty wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dustin May
96.9
Jack Flaherty
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Jack Flaherty
12.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Jack Flaherty
26.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Jack Flaherty
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Jack Flaherty
46.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Jack Flaherty
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Jack Flaherty
.323
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
Dustin May
3.156.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Jack Flaherty
3.156.57
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.29
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.181.73
now 1.30
1.33
Jack Flaherty
1.181.73
now 1.61
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4074.80
now 51
37
Jack Flaherty
4074.80
now 64
51
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.0004.20
now 3
13
Jack Flaherty
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
SellJack Flaherty — sell.conf 0.64
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