MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
Change to
Jake Irvin
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

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

Dustin May wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Jake Irvin 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
Dustin May
96.9
Jake Irvin
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Jake Irvin
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Jake Irvin
23.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Jake Irvin
24.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Jake Irvin
45.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Jake Irvin
13.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Jake Irvin
.358
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
Dustin May
3.385.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Jake Irvin
3.385.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
5.05
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.231.42
now 1.30
1.33
Jake Irvin
1.231.42
now 1.35
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4066.40
now 51
37
Jake Irvin
4066.40
now 58
43
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.2003.80
now 3
13
Jake Irvin
.2003.80
now 2
12

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
SellJake Irvin — sell.conf 0.90
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