MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Dylan Cease
TOR · P
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Portrait of Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Dylan Cease wins 2 (K, ERA); Jacob deGrom wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dylan Cease
97.5
Jacob deGrom
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
16.4%
Jacob deGrom
17.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
36.5%
Jacob deGrom
29.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dylan Cease
33.5%
Jacob deGrom
35.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dylan Cease
32.2%
Jacob deGrom
45.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dylan Cease
5.0%
Jacob deGrom
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dylan Cease
.260
Jacob deGrom
.292
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
Dylan Cease
2.473.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.91
2.77
Jacob deGrom
2.473.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.48
3.53
WHIPlower is better
Dylan Cease
.9401.26
now 1.16
1.19
Jacob deGrom
.9401.26
now 1.01
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dylan Cease
41.40120.60
now 103
70
Jacob deGrom
41.40120.60
now 78
59
Winshigher is better
Dylan Cease
.0005.20
now 3
13
Jacob deGrom
.0005.20
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDylan Cease — buy.conf 0.92
BuyJacob deGrom — buy.conf 0.77
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