MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
Change to
Portrait of Janson Junk
Janson Junk
MIA · 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 — strikeouts and ERA.

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

Dustin May wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Janson Junk wins 0 (none); 2 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
Janson Junk
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Janson Junk
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Janson Junk
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Janson Junk
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Janson Junk
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Janson Junk
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Janson Junk
.310
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
3.555.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Janson Junk
3.555.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.80
4.02
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.231.40
now 1.30
1.33
Janson Junk
1.231.40
now 1.30
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4059
now 51
37
Janson Junk
4059
now 43
31
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.2003.80
now 3
13
Janson Junk
.2003.80
now 3
13

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
Hold · steadyJanson Junk — hold.conf 0.60
Tweet